Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:02:21 +0000 (UTC) From: Walter Hurry <walterhurry@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: line lengths in /etc/hosts Message-ID: <kiv8mt$42g$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <5152b48c.U%2BMyuQ85COeWB4wW%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:57:48 -0700, Perry Hutchison wrote: > Is there a limit on line length in FreeBSD's /etc/hosts? > > I'm not finding any mention of such a limit in hosts(5), but characters > beyond the first 660 or so seem to be ignored. > > To answer the inevitable followup "why would anyone need such a long > line in /etc/hosts": > > With this line in /etc/nsswitch.conf > > hosts: files dns > > I can easily suppress access to unwanted web sites by adding names to > the localhost line in /etc/hosts, like this: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain bad1.com bad2.com ... > > My version of that line has gotten rather long :) $ tail -20 /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 r1.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 simg.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 ss1.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 ss2.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 ss7.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 xads.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 yads.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 www.zedo.com #[Adware.RaxSearch] 127.0.0.1 c1.zxxds.net #[g1.panthercdn.com] 127.0.0.1 c7.zxxds.net # [Zero Lag][AS20093][67.201.0.0 - 67.201.63.255] 127.0.0.1 ads.namiflow.com 127.0.0.1 adunit.namiflow.com # [Zero Lag][AS20093][68.71.240.0 - 68.71.255.255] 127.0.0.1 rt.udmserve.net # [Zero Lag][AS20093][72.37.216.0 - 72.37.217.255] 127.0.0.1 www.stickylogic.com 127.0.0.1 www.winadiscount.com #[Dr.Web.Adware.Xbarre] 127.0.0.1 www.winaproduct.com # [end of entries generated by MVPS HOSTS] $
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