A sample hosts file, Hosts.sam, is installed with the TCP/IP protocol showing the proper format. Domain Name System (DNS) servers are queried.
I believe nslookup is used to test a DNS server itself, as opposed to utilizing your HOSTS file. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/200525 seems to indicate as much.
hosts file lookup; DNS lookup. Generally a host will try multiple methods until it succeeds or runs out of methods to try,and then it fails. The order ...
The file /etc/nsswitch.conf will let you reconfigure the order of the name resolution . By default, the host file is the first, then the configured DNS.
Q. How do I change DNS search order in Linux?
This article describes how the AIX host name resolver works in different scenarios.
Using DNS for name resolution is the common practice nowadays, but another method of manually translating names to IP addresses has been ...
So even if you clear the local dns cache (ipconfig /flushdns) it'll still repopulate it unless you check the local HOSTS file. Now... can anyone come ...
With regards to overriding domains in the hosts file, I have found that in some circumstances, Lion queries the IPv6 address for a domain if it ...
If the system order has /etc/hosts before DNS , it means that an entry in that file will take precedence to DNS resolution service. So: