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> I want to find name of a computer from /etc/hosts first, and next search
> via DNS server.
> But it seems that if I set DNS server, it first finds via DNS server,
> and never look at /etc/hosts.
> How can I adjust this?

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>There are 2 ways to do this.

>1) Edit the /etc/netsvc.conf file (global)

># to search /etc/hosts then DNS then NIS
>hosts = local , bind , nis
># to search DNS, /etc/hosts, NIS
>hosts = bind , local , nis

>2) export the NSORDER variable (per user... overrides /etc/netsvc.conf)

>export NSORDER = local , bind , nis

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> Hello!

> I cant make it work either with /etc/netsvc.conf and NSORDER, it always
> starts through the DNS server. My Aix version is 4.3

> Best Regards,
> Andr
> (HP-UX and Aix SysAdm)

> >There are 2 ways to do this.

> >1) Edit the /etc/netsvc.conf file (global)

> ># to search /etc/hosts then DNS then NIS
> >hosts = local , bind , nis
> ># to search DNS, /etc/hosts, NIS
> >hosts = bind , local , nis

> >2) export the NSORDER variable (per user... overrides /etc/netsvc.conf)

> >export NSORDER = local , bind , nis

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> >Comments, views, and opinions are mine alone, not IBM's.