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Date:      Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:13:55 -0800 (PST)
From:      Tom Bartol <bartol@salk.edu>
To:        dmaddox@scsn.net
Cc:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DNS Troubles w/Linux Apps
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971205131103.291O-100000@dale.salk.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19971205160142.00749@scsn.net>

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On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Charlie Root wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 05, 1997 at 08:55:06AM -0800, Tom Bartol wrote:
> > 
> > We've been seeing similar behaviour with Matlab.  We came up with a
> > workaround by creating a /compat/linux/etc/hosts file and creating entries
> > in that file (in the standard /etc/hosts format, of course) for all the
> > machines we need Matlab to reach.  
> > 
> > Tom
> 
>     I'd like to try that.  I've never used Linux, though; is the /etc/hosts
> format the same as FreeBSD? 
> 

Yes, Linux's format complies with the same RFC#blah that FreeBSD's
/etc/hosts file does.

Tom





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