Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 06:01:13 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, peter@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hosts before bind in /etc/host.conf? Message-ID: <199811151401.GAA27183@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <26948.911111774@zippy.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Nov 14, 98 10:36:14 pm"
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do it! jmb Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > A lot of folks dive in and change this first thing since it's annoying > to have a non-connected host bring up a ppp connection just to resolve > your own hostname, and sysinstall is careful about putting entries > into /etc/hosts for this. Any objection to changing the default? For > most folks, it won't even make a difference since all the entries in > /etc/hosts are commented out by default. To shoot yourself in the > foot here still requires deliberate action, and at least /etc/hosts is > a better known location than /etc/host.conf - I still have to explain > that one to folks in this day and age. > > Comments? > > - Jordan > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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