[asterisk-users] asterisk fails when DNS or internet fails

[Steve Edwards]

On Tue, 31 May 2011, Hans Witvliet wrote:

> Sure, if you add a line in /etc/hosts, that works for most applications,
> as not all commands follow /etc/resolv.conf....
>
> i just tried, adding a line to /etc/hosts.
> ping hostname works, but host hostname fails, just as host ip-address.
> So even when you only put ip-addresses (brrr) into your config files,
> the reversed-lookup will still spoil the party.

It depends on the settings in /etc/nsswitch.conf and the resolver library 
the application uses.

Compare ping and ssh referencing a host that is only in /etc/hosts.

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