Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:09:44 -0700 From: L33T Networks <fbsdhelp@l33tnetworks.com> To: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Question about the /etc/hosts file Message-ID: <C2419F88.53A%fbsdhelp@l33tnetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <20070411015451.142f4807@gumby.homeunix.com>
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Preceisely ... That would indicate that the PQDN when fully qualified would appear as: apollo.mydomain.com.mydomain.com. Mydomain.com being the domain listed in the resolv.conf file On 4/10/07 5:54 PM, "RW" <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> wrote: > On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:52:43 -0500 > Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> wrote: > >> At 03:48 PM 4/10/2007, 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? >> >> Names ending in a dot represent the fully qualified domain name. You >> do it all on one line but it gets too long to easily see and edit. >> > But that doesn't explain why apollo.mydomain.com. appears as both a > FQDN and a PQDN > _______________________________________________ > 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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