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To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/mountd mountd.c 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 02 May 1997 13:48:35 +0930."
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Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 09:38:52 -0700
From: Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com>
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getnetbyname() calls one of 3 helper routines

  From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
  Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/mountd mountd.c
  Paul Traina stands accused of saying:
  > Go read getnetbydns().
  > and rfc1101
  
  Please note in the context of this discussion that mountd uses
  getnetbyname(), which is specifically documented to only search
  /etc/networks.  It does, of course, use the DNS.  Perhaps the manpage
  should have been updated when its behaviour was changed?
  
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