Question regarding DNS resolution in urllib2

[saurabh verma]

> 
> You don't need to edit it on the server; just use any handy computer.
> You need only tinker with the configuration on the client, not the
> server.
> 

Hmm true , Ok i can widen the problem statement  but editing /etc/hosts still looks Ok for my test server . ( Thinking of putting this as a nagios plugin on the servers .. that will not be a viable right now ) 

Thanks chris. 

~saurabh