>On 2007/10/13 11:43, Karel Kulhavy wrote:

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> According to man resolv.conf this should result in /etc/hosts having

> priority

> over the DNS system. However, it simply doesn't work. Both Firefox and the

> "host" command behave as if I didn't do anything.

>

> Why doesn't it work when man resolv.conf says it should?

Works for me; but then I use "outdated" software: OpenBSD 3.8.
Are you sure your browser is asking for exactly that name, and not

some name in those domains you specified?  For those cases I simply

add the domains with a wildcard to my local DNS server, e.g.,
named.conf:

zone "doubleclick.com" {

        type master;

        file "master/doubleclick.com";

};
master/doubleclick.com:

[[usual SOA]]

ad.doubleclick.com.     IN      A       127.0.0.1

*.doubleclick.com.      IN      A       127.0.0.1