DNS checked before hosts file?

[Joseph Crawford]

Binary package hint: firefox

I am running Ubuntu 10.10 and am on the work network via ethernet.

On the work network the domain *.jcrawford.americas.nokia.com points to my workstation at my desk. On my laptop I also have my dev environment setup and have the following in my hosts file

127.0.0.1 desktop.jcrawford.americas.nokia.com api.jcrawford.americas.nokia.com mobile.jcrawford.americas.nokia.com static.jcrawford.americas.nokia.com

I have restarted my browser and even restarted my system. When I am on the network with my laptop and hit that address in my browser it hits my WORKSTATION computer at my desk rather than the local apache installed on my laptop. I have verified this several times by checking the access.log on my workstation.

I also verified that it was doing the network DNS lookup prior to checking the hosts file in this manner.

1.) Disconnected the network cable
2.) Cleared browser cache
3.) hit the URL
4.) YAY I got the apache page saying It Works!

I then plugged in the network cable and cleared my browser cache. On my workstation I tailed my access.log. I hit the URL in my laptop browser viola it hit my workstation again.

I am not sure if this is a bug with firefox or if firefox is making a system call which is failing to follow the proper order on Ubuntu 10.10

jocrawfo@work-laptop:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10

Package Used: Firefox (3.6.13+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: firefox 3.6.13+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic 2.6.35.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jan 14 14:41:49 2011
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.13+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.13+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
 firefox-branding 3.6.13+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Joseph,

We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner. You reported this bug some time ago and there have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time.

Do you still see a problem related to the one that you reported? Please let us know if you do.

If we do not hear from you this bug report will expire in approximately 60 days time.

Thank you for helping make Ubuntu better.

Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for firefox (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]