Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 21:39:32 +0200 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Peter <fbsdq@peterk.org> Subject: Re: /etc/hosts - how does that file work?? - was weird nfs issues. Message-ID: <200906042139.32503.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <093ebf7d0b078a923d5690a42ef982e7.squirrel@webmail.pknet.net> References: <093ebf7d0b078a923d5690a42ef982e7.squirrel@webmail.pknet.net>
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On Thursday 04 June 2009 20:48:21 Peter wrote: > iH, > This all started with NFS not mounting at boot....so, testing in VMs: <snip> > Why is ping using one IP, and ssh/mount_nfs/showmount using another IP > from /etc/hosts? Q: Where is described that name resolution for A or PTR records should be returned in a fixed order and that a consumer should always use the first one returned? A: Nowhere. Name servers are encouraged to do round-robin returns if not specified otherwise. Applications may sort/pick at their own leisure. -- Mel
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