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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
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	Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Request for review: nsswitch
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* Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> [000902 10:06] wrote:
> 
> Since we're on this topic anyway, there is one thing which has always
> bothered me:  Why don't we have the option of a per user alias file
> for hostnames ? 
> 
> I would love to be able to say:
> 
> 	echo "freefall freefall.freebsd.org" >> $HOME/.hostaliases
> 
> and be able to say just:
> 
> 	ssh freefall
> 
> no matter how the local resolver and/or /etc/hosts file were configured...

Wouldn't that allow a user to take advantage of a program that has
stripped itself of privledge but still needs to be protected from
changes like that?

-Alfred


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