Date: 22 Dec 2000 08:07:20 -0600 From: Tim Ayers <tayers@bridge.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: /etc/hosts and including domains Message-ID: <8zp835yf.fsf@tim.bridge.com>
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I am curious about the default contents of /etc/hosts. Right after I install FreeBSD-4.1.1, I look in /etc/hosts and it contains something like 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.196.2 janis.quaday.com janis 192.168.196.2 janis.quaday.com. I understand the localhost line. But I don't know the reasoning for including "janis.quaday.com". Is the domain defined explicitly anywhere when using DNS or is this (and the hostname= line in /etc/rc.conf) the place where my domain is specified? And I really don't understand what the "janis.quaday.com." is doing. Why have the name including DNS 'root'? And why on a separate line instead of just another alias on the same line? Finally, what's the correct way to add the other local hosts to my /etc/hosts? Like 192.168.196.3 joan or 192.168.196.3 joan.quaday.com joan Thanks for the enlightenment. Now back to figuring out my real problems. ;-) Hope you have a very nice day, :-) Tim Ayers (tayers@bridge.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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