Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 18:23:18 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, peter@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hosts before bind in /etc/host.conf? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811151822360.2508-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <26948.911111774@zippy.cdrom.com>
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On Sat, 14 Nov 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > A lot of folks dive in and change this first thing since it's annoying Yep, I do this too. > 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? > Sure, it'd make sense to make this default! > - Jordan > Brian Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ green@unixhelp.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ http://www.freebsd.org/ _ __ ___ ____ | _ \__ \ |) | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ ___ ____ _____ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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