12-21-2010
have you configured BIND on your linux box? based on what you have posted, it seems you only have edited the hosts file and the nsswitch.conf. the changes that you have done on nsswitch.conf file only tells the local machine to search dns if the host can't be found on the hosts file.
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fetchzone
FETCHZONE(1) fetchzone FETCHZONE(1)
NAME
fetchzone - get dns zone from server
DESCRIPTION
fetchzone transfers a user-specified dns zone from a zone server and displays it in csv2 format on the standard output.
USAGE
fetchzone zone_name zone_server_IP [query_class]
OPTIONS
zone_name
Name of the dns zone to be transferred.
zone_server_IP
IP address of dns server
query_class
Optional argument which can change the query class from 1 (the default) to 255. This may be needed for some versions of Bind.
EXAMPLES
To obtain the zone example.com from the server 192.168.9.8:
fetchzone example.com 192.168.9.8
To obtain the zone example.org from the server 10.9.8.78 using a query class of 255:
fetchzone example.com 10.9.8.78 255
BUGS
Fetchzone will not correctly output host names with utf-8 characters in them.
SEE ALSO
The man pages maradns(8) and csv2(5)
http://www.maradns.org
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN
IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
AUTHOR
Sam Trenholme
June 2004 fetchzone FETCHZONE(1)