Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 09:54:04 +1100 From: Murray Taylor <mtaylor@bytecraft.com.au> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: /etc/hosts format Message-ID: <710709BB8B02D311942E00606744181054429F@MELEXC01>
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OK I have conflicting information about the format of the /etc/hosts table one reference says that the format should be 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain myname.my.domain 10.0.0.2 myname.my.domain myname 10.0.0.3 myfriend.my.domain myfriend then another says 127.0.0.1 localhost.my.domain localhost 10.0.0.2 myname.my.domain myname 10.0.0.3 myfriend.my.domain myfriend then another says 127.0.0.1 localhost.my.domain localhost 127.0.0.1 localhost 10.0.0.2 myname.my.domain myname 10.0.0.2 myname 10.0.0.3 myfriend.my.domain myfriend 10.0.0.3 myfriend then another says (note trailing dots on secondary lines) 127.0.0.1 localhost.my.domain localhost 127.0.0.1 localhost.my.domain. 10.0.0.2 myname.my.domain myname 10.0.0.2 myname.my.domain. 10.0.0.3 myfriend.my.domain myfriend 10.0.0.3 myfriend.my.domain. Who is right??? Murray Taylor Project Engineer Bytecraft P/L +61 3 9587 2555 +61 3 9587 1614 fax mtaylor@bytecraft.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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