Re: [Openvpn-users] /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf precedence?

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Dne p=E1tek 13.dubna 2007 15:16:28
David Lindel=F6f <dav...@ad...> napsal(a):

> Dear all,
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> I have setup my OpenVPN client to connect to a server identified by an
> entry in the /etc/hosts file, e.g.
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> 123.456.789.123 vpn.foo.bar vpn
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> And in the client.conf I have the corresponding entry
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> remote vpn.foo.bar 1194
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> But it seems that when a /etc/resolv.conf file exists (such as when
> the client runs a DHCP client) OpenVPN never reads the entry
> from /etc/hosts, and only tries (and fails) to use the DNS.
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> Is this intentional? If yes, is there any way to tell OpenVPN to
> lookup the server's IP address from /etc/hosts?
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> Best regards,
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> David Lindel=F6f

Can you resolve the vpn.foo.bar from whole system ? eg.
ping vpn.foo.bar


look at /etc/nsswitch.conf , check if there is a line saying:
hosts: files dns

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Vladimir Benc