"Maarten Litmaath, CERN" <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> The "host" command, however, will directly contact the DNS, while Globus will
> call gethostbyname()/gethostbyaddr(), which will first consult /etc/hosts and
> (if configured) YP/NIS.
A useful tool in these cases is "getent".
getent hosts www.cern.ch
will resolve www.cern.ch using the system's resolver, i.e. by doing
gethostbyname().
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Leif Nixon - Systems expert
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