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Date:      Tue, 23 Sep 1997 06:21:46 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>
To:        rivers@dignus.com, tlambert@primenet.com
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: r-cmds and DNS and /etc/host.conf
Message-ID:  <199709231021.GAA03801@lakes.dignus.com>

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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-(.
> 

 My guess as well (particularly the ruserok() part...)

 I had discussed this in the 2.2.1 timeframe; but it wasn't
bothering me as much then.  Now that I'm "better connected" - it occurs
much more frequently... so, I was bothered enough to mention it
again.

	- Dave R. -




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