Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:31:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: mbermal@ucsd.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux host config Message-ID: <199904142131.RAA00979@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904141417110.15989-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Mark Bermal wrote:
> I have been having problems with some linux programs that use the
> network (real player and quake). I think it is due to the fact that the
> host.conf and hosts files are written differently under linux. Does anyone
> know the correct syntax for these files under linux (the ones under
> /usr/compat/linux/etc).
I just did a quick check - looking at a 3.1 /compat/linux/etc and
a RedHat 5.2 /etc. Because I've noticed that RealPlayer doesn't
seem to work well also (claims the site is inaccessible, when running
on Windows it works fine - from the same physical subnet, going through
the same FreeBSD NATD gateway.)
The RedHat /etc/host.conf looks like:
order hosts,bind
multi on
while the FreeBSD /compat/linux/etc/host.conf looks like:
order hosts, bind
multi on
The only real difference is the space after the comma (maybe there's
a bug in the Linux libraries somewhere, and that space shouldn't
be there?)
As far as /etc/host - that seems to be the typical format. A FreeBSD
one should work fine.
- Dave Rivers -
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