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"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(). -- Leif Nixon - Systems expert ------------------------------------------------------------ National Supercomputer Centre - Linkoping University ------------------------------------------------------------