From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 12 07:33:47 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E57BF16A420 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:33:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3680313C465 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:33:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net (gateway.ash.thebunker.net [213.129.64.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l8C7WC57026115 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:32:19 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=200708; t=1189582339; bh=c+mUzIZ0T78u7b e3cLrdezApXA80XKiBhqFD2tPzDqA=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:Organization: User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc: Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Mime-Version: References:To; b=cTuTPGjV765pT58xwDeTIuRGGPTsIgQo2nbyiRDSySouOBbis ZOt3duGsHPV5lPpvwV9AYX+WR7yJ9D8/wr0Tsg7v1JzUPnnSZH9gdhaDf/mr2F3D63a eXa+jvaGpW4LBSkJenbimwbRGR1TBg/JoIDWj6Q1Qd1SJWssyvAvDcM= Message-ID: <46E795FC.7070001@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:32:12 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070807) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Boosten References: <46E77DD0.3050705@pacific.net.sg> <46E78548.80308@boosten.org> <46E785B6.7030908@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <46E785B6.7030908@boosten.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]); Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:32:19 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.1/4254/Wed Sep 12 06:51:36 2007 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: Erich Dollansky , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hosts is ignored X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:33:48 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Peter Boosten wrote: > Peter Boosten wrote: >> What is host.conf used for? Never heard of it. >> > > Ah, found it... > > ra# cat host.conf > # Auto-generated from nsswitch.conf, do not edit > hosts > bind hosts.conf is a legacy thing, from before the days when FreeBSD had nsswitch.conf. It provides a small subset of the functionality that nsswitch.conf does, and unlike nsswitch.conf it isn't extensible to allow such things as looking up hosts from LDAP. I think most apps nowadays don't use it, except perhaps for old binaries run in compatability mode. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. Flat 3 7 Priory Courtyard PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW, UK -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG55X83jDkPpsZ+VYRAxVTAKC3gPYk4IX7ZA/BBJYISjRYbS5kQACfdAwS RMNRObVXGLeNoxp2iDZnzh0= =B1Yk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----