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Lion / name resolution order

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Mar 15, 202617653 views
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Problem

(this issue went away for me with the 10.7.1 update - /etc/hosts now works as always for me) I've updated my Mac to Lion and now I notice that /etc/hosts is consulted last, even after DNS. This is very annoying as I have a lot of hostnames in there that I use for development. Where is the name reso…

Error Output

pilif@tali ~ % dscacheutil -configuration
DirectoryService Cache search policy:
    /Local/Default
    /BSD/local

Settings:
AAAA Queries  - Disabled…

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Fix for: Lion / name resolution order

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I solved the problem (and thus posting as an answer instead of amending the question): The BSD files are indeed not listed in Directory Utility, nor in dscacheutil any more, but at least /etc/hosts is still read, but there is a problem in that multi…

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