[lug] host lookups

[Hugh Brown]

HOSTNAME="juice"

/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1       localhost       localhost.localdomain
192.168.1.1   juice.homenetwork.com          juice
192.168.1.2   host2.homenetwork.com          host2
192.168.1.3   host3.homenetwork.com          host3
192.168.1.4   host4.homenetwork.com          host4
192.168.1.5   host5.homenetwork.com          host5


"D. Stimits" wrote:
> 
> hugh at math.byu.edu wrote:
> >
> > I am having some trouble with host lookups for stuff on non-routed
> > networks.
> >
> > I have /etc/host.conf set with "order hosts bind" and I have hosts in my
> > /etc/hosts for my 192.168.1.* network.  One of those hosts is juice.
> > When I do a "host juice" I get a lookup failure.  When I do an exportfs
> > to hosts in the local subnet then exportfs takes about two minutes to
> > complete it's job.
> >
> > It seems that it is taking a while to time  out on the lookups via
> > internet name servers and then resorts to /etc/hosts.
> >
> > Can anyone give some guidance?
> >
> > Hugh
> >
> 
> What is the content of your /etc/hosts? And assuming redhat, what is the
> content of /etc/sysconfig/network line for "HOSTNAME="?
> 
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