try /etc/host.conf, should look like:

order hosts,bind
multi on

Johnny Fulcrum wrote:
> on my system it seems that DNS is getting hit before /etc/hosts for 
> lookups.  Where does one go about setting the lookup order in linux 
> (mandrake 9.1)
> 
> I tried /etc/nsswitch.conf but it look good to me as is:
> 
> hosts:      files nisplus nis dns

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scot

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