Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:31:47 -0500 From: "Placid Publishing, LLC" <peter@placidpublishing.net> To: L33T Networks <fbsdhelp@l33tnetworks.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about the /etc/hosts file Message-ID: <461C0243.10906@placidpublishing.net> In-Reply-To: <C2414611.4E8%fbsdhelp@l33tnetworks.com> References: <C2414611.4E8%fbsdhelp@l33tnetworks.com>
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Thats a FQDN (fully qualified domain name) L33T Networks wrote: > What is the second line with 10.20.30.199, and the hostname ends in a > period? I've never seen this in a host file previous to FBSD v.6. > > apollo# cat /etc/hosts > #::1 localhost.mydomain.com localhost > 127.0.0.1 localhost.mydomain.com localhost > 10.20.30.199 apollo.mydomain.com apollo > 10.20.30.199 apollo.mydomain.com. > > Is this something that's required for other IP addresses that will be added > to the hosts file in the future? > > Thanks in advance! > > Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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