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Subject: Re: r-cmds and DNS and /etc/host.conf
To: rivers@dignus.com (Thomas David Rivers)
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 01:47:50 +0000 (GMT)
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In-Reply-To: <199709222122.RAA02406@lakes.dignus.com> from "Thomas David Rivers" at Sep 22, 97 05:22:28 pm
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>  I guess, what I'm hinting at here, is that /etc/host.conf doesn't
> seem to be working for the r-cmds...
> 
>  Has anyone seen this behaviour?
> 
>  Are the r-cmds using their own resolver?  And thus "by-passing" 
> /etc/host.conf?

It's something to do with gethostbyaddr().  I reported exactly this
problem about 3 weeks ago.

You may notice it's the daemon.  It might be something specific to the
way ruserok() is coded.  8-(.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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