Does bind read /etc/hosts?

[Mark Andrews]

In message <53C5E714.5080307 at thelounge.net>, Reindl Harald writes:
> > Can the LDNS  return 10.10.10.1 defined in the /etc/hosts to the
> > client?
> > maybe some special configuration in named can support this feature
>
> wrong tool - > dnsmasq can but on the other hand has no bind-like
> zonefiles

Neither dnsmasq nor named read /etc/hosts.  Both can be used to
override data from outside.  They just have different configuration
methods.

Mark
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