Locally-defined host names won't resolve

From: Jim (none_at_example.com)
Date: 06/14/05

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    Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:40:26 -0500

    I have a system running Fedora Core 3, not running as a nameserver.
    My domain is "example.com" (for the purposes of my question).

    # echo $HOSTNAME
    host.example.com
    #

    /etc/hosts:

      127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
      192.168.1.10 a.example.com a

    /etc/host.conf:

      order hosts, bind
      multi on

    /etc/resolv.conf:

      search host.example.com example.com
      nameserver [one of my ISP's nameservers]
      nameserver [another of my ISP's nameservers]

    /etc/nsswitch.com [relevant line]

      hosts: files dns

    I restart the network (/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart)

    Now, when I use the "host" command

    # host a

    or

    # host a.example.com

    I get "host a not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)". Shouldn't it return
    "192.168.1.10"? Using host for external host names works fine; e.g.,

    # host www.mci.com

    returns "www.mci.com has address 198.4.5.227".

    What am I missing?

    Thanks,
    Jim

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