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[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <1188253525.718844.115500 at q5g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, 
half.italian at gmail.com wrote:

> What could cause the shell to be
> able to resolve the addresses properly, but not python?
> nnsswitch.conf ?

How did you test the name resolution in the shell--was it with "host"
or "ping"? I would recommend ping, because that would use the same C
runtime gethostbyname call that your Python code is trying to use.