From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 13 7:37:42 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from b1n.org (200-171-41-43.dsl.telesp.net.br [200.171.41.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3C5437B404 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 07:37:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by b1n.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 22CD48111; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 13:37:35 -0200 (BRST) Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 13:37:35 -0200 From: BinarySoul To: Scott Mitchell Cc: Joe & Fhe Barbish , FBSD Questions Subject: Re: ? about hosts file Message-ID: <20020113133735.A8806@b1n.org> References: <20020113125743.A287@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020113125743.A287@localhost>; from scott.mitchell@mail.com on Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 12:57:43PM +0000 X-Operating-System: OpenBSD 3.0 (i386) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I do agree with Scot and i think the file in windows is: %WINDIR%\system\hosts Scott Mitchell (scott.mitchell@mail.com) wrote: > On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 01:42:53PM -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > > I thought that putting 10.0.10.1 like I have it below that > > I would be able to put lanhost in telnet to logon to the > > gateway box from the winbox connected to the other end of > > the lan crossover cable. > > When I do that I get unable to reach host. > > Putting in IP address 10.0.10.1 in telnet gets me connected. > > My host.conf file has first go to host then bind. > > Am I using the hosts file wrong? > > I think so... assuming I've read your message correctly, you want to be > able to telnet from your Windows machine to your FreeBSD machine using > hostnames rather than IP addresses? The /etc/hosts on the FreeBSD box > won't help you there -- it's private to that machine; your Windows box > neither knows nor cares what you've got in that file. > > You could add the same hostname<-->address mappings to the hosts file on > your Windows box (yes, it does have one -- can't remember exactly where it > lives, but a 'Find Files' under C:\WINDOWS or C:\WINNT for 'hosts' should > turn it up. IIRC, the format is pretty standard). > > Alternatively, you could run a DNS nameserver on the FreeBSD box, so that > all machines on your LAN can share a single set of hostname definitions. > This is a little more work to set up (and you'll need to do some research > first, so you know what you're doing before you begin), but well worth it > in the long run. > > HTH, > > Scott > > -- > =========================================================================== > Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels > Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" > scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message