From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 3 17:28:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from wilsonandhorton.co.nz (fw2.wilsonandhorton.co.nz [203.99.66.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 943FF37BCC5 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 17:28:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@itouch.co.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by wilsonandhorton.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA57988; Tue, 4 Jul 2000 12:28:01 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 12:28:01 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Rick Hamell Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hosts file across machines? Message-ID: <20000704122801.A4183@jonc.ntdns.wilsonandhorton.co.n> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from hamellr@aracnet.com on Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 05:14:19PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 05:14:19PM -0700, Rick Hamell wrote: > > How would I go about propigating my hosts file across multiple > machines? I.e. I want one central file that is updated, then all other > machines can grab it when needed. Thanks! What most people do in cases like these is to set up a DNS on the `main' machine. Setting up the data-files is a bit more involved that setting up /etc/hosts though... -- Jonathan Chen ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by" - Douglas Adams To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message