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What is in your /etc/host.conf ?<br />
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It should contain:<br />
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order hosts,bind
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What is in your /etc/host.conf ?

It should contain:

order hosts,bind

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Responding to several comments:<br />
/etc/hosts.conf does contain expect order = hosts,bind<br />
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ping does resolve to the expected address so /etc/nsswitch.conf or host.conf acting as expected.<br />
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getent hosts [hostname] provides what I need.
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Responding to several comments:
/etc/hosts.conf does contain expect order = hosts,bind

ping does resolve to the expected address so /etc/nsswitch.conf or host.conf acting as expected.

getent hosts [hostname] provides what I need.

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Unable to get name resolution from RHEL 5 /etc/hosts.<br />
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/etc/nsswitch.conf includes:<br />
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hosts: files dns<br />
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Example: /etc/hosts contains:<br />
172.113.100.1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; testsservername<br />
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host testservername returns: Host testsservername not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)<br />
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Thanks<br />
GSK
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Unable to get name resolution from RHEL 5 /etc/hosts.

/etc/nsswitch.conf includes:

hosts: files dns

Example: /etc/hosts contains:
172.113.100.1       testsservername

host testservername returns: Host testsservername not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

Thanks
GSK

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