basic client setup plus name resolving from HW router

[Glenn Satchell]

>Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 09:20:54 +0100
>To: dhcp-users at isc.org
>From: Simon Hobson <dhcp at thehobsons.co.uk>
>Subject: Re: basic client setup plus name resolving from HW router
>
>Query to others - is there something needed in /etc/resolv.conf to 
>query hosts file before dns ?
>

It depends on your operating system - I know that Solaris and most
flavours of Linux use /etc/nsswitch.conf. On the hosts line use an
entry like this:

hosts:      files dns

to make it use /etc/hosts then DNS.

I don't believe there's anything you can put in resolv.conf to give it
this behaviour.

regards,
-glenn