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Asked Oct 14 '15 at 10:13

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In /etc/hosts, I can for example input

127.0.0.1   example.com

Now I have a nameserver (pdns with postgre-backend), which I want to use in the intranet.

So, I tell my dns server, that example.com is, for example, 192.168.1.24

Assuming the DNS server runs on 192.168.1.64, how can I replace /etc/hosts with my nameserver ?

That is to say, it should resolve example.com to 192.168.1.2 (using the DNS on 192.168.1.24), but any other domain that I did not overwrite locally should be resolved to its real IP, using whatever is used by default.

Where do I have to put this in Ubuntu 14.04 ?

edited Oct 14 '15 at 10:51

muru

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Comment out the entry from /etc/hosts, since it has priority over entries from DNS. – muru Oct 14 '15 at 10:55
@muru: That much is clear... – WitchCraft Oct 14 '15 at 11:31
@muru does /etc/hosts priority can be set in nsswitch? – Aizuddin Zali Oct 14 '15 at 11:41
@AizuddinZali Yes, but not for a single site. Just move dns before files – muru Oct 14 '15 at 11:42
@muru, ok make sense he only want single site. – Aizuddin Zali Oct 14 '15 at 11:43

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