Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 23:33:17 -0400 From: Eric Ogren <eogren@earthlink.net> To: "David J. Kanter" <djkanter@nwu.edu> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /etc/host.conf question Message-ID: <20000531233316.A241@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20000531174213.A6409@localhost.localdomain>; from djkanter@nwu.edu on Wed, May 31, 2000 at 05:42:13PM -0500 References: <20000531174213.A6409@localhost.localdomain>
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No. This is good. Otherwise, FreeBSD would try to look for a name server that isn't reachable when you're not connected to the Internet. On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 05:42:13PM -0500, David J. Kanter wrote: > I just looked at my /etc/host.conf file, for my standalone desktop that > hooks up to the Internet via a modem, and it has the order hosts then > bind, rather than bind then hosts. > > I've never changed it, but have read in the Handbook and Complete FBSD that > bind should be first. The only uncommented line in /etc/hosts is: Where in the handbook does it say this? This is, IMO, wrong. Eric To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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