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Subject: Re: nfs startup - perhaps it is a problem
To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 22:04:33 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: brian@awfulhak.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970912223328.17774k-100000@localhost> from "Doug White" at Sep 12, 97 10:35:05 pm
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> Your /etc/hosts should always be populated with necessary systems as a
> precaution and a speed improvement.  

Except rlogind ignores the hosts file and does a DNS request
anyway when attempting to verify the source host for a user,
even if you have hosts first in host.conf.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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