From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 31 20:32:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.121.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8ACA37B6A7 for ; Wed, 31 May 2000 20:32:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eogren@earthlink.net) Received: from rod.darktech.org (ip164.cambridge2.ma.pub-ip.psi.net [38.32.112.164]) by emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA10246; Wed, 31 May 2000 20:32:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from eogren@localhost) by rod.darktech.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e513XHw00310; Wed, 31 May 2000 23:33:17 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 23:33:17 -0400 From: Eric Ogren To: "David J. Kanter" Cc: FreeBSD questions Subject: Re: /etc/host.conf question Message-ID: <20000531233316.A241@earthlink.net> References: <20000531174213.A6409@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20000531174213.A6409@localhost.localdomain>; from djkanter@nwu.edu on Wed, May 31, 2000 at 05:42:13PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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