Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:47:54 +0300 (EEST) From: Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua> To: Helge Oldach <helge.oldach@atosorigin.com> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, ru@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Chatty" config files in /etc Message-ID: <20060831233710.G45877@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> In-Reply-To: <200608311842.UAA24464@galaxy.hbg.de.ao-srv.com> References: <200608311842.UAA24464@galaxy.hbg.de.ao-srv.com>
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Hello! On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Helge Oldach wrote: >>> 127.0.0.1 localhost >>> ::1 localhost >> >> Noting the RFC 1918 addresses in the default /etc/hosts is *very* useful. >> If we (part of the Inetnet community) wants to encourage proper IP use, >> we shouldn't hide this information in an obscure, seldom (?never?) >> visited directory. > > And so is noting actual IP address(es) and host name(s) in /etc/hosts, > to overcome lack of network connectivity or reachability of a proper DNS > server during boot. Specifically if the server in question *is* the name > server. > > Actually, /etc/hosts is very likely touched by the sysadmin on most > machines. Definitely on all that I take care of. That's exactly why I vote for removal of the most comments from this file. This file is for defining IP <- hostname mapping, NOT for teaching sysadmins how to manage IP address allocations. I remove these useless comments on every our host, and mergemaster keeps showing me them on every upgrade. Also I vote for removal of the useless "Example entries" section in /etc/login.conf as well as examples in /etc/namedb/named.conf. People should get a good habit of reading documentation (e.g. manpages) instead of grabbing random pieces of knowlege from sample configs. Sincerely, Dmitry -- Atlantis ISP, System Administrator e-mail: dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua nic-hdl: LYNX-RIPE
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