On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Mike Starke wrote:

>  you might try looking at your /etc/host.conf file. It tells the system
>  where it should look first.  I currently have mine set to look at my local
>  /etc/hosts file and then look at DNS if it was not found in the hosts
>  file.
>
>  scott
>
> Sorry, I forgot to mention this was an OpenBSd system. I
> do not see that paticular file :-(

Howzabouts /etc/nsswitch.conf ?