Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 23:15:26 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> To: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco) Cc: dgy@rtd.com, freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/hosts Message-ID: <199607180615.XAA11390@seagull.rtd.com> In-Reply-To: <199607180358.WAA06819@brasil.moneng.mei.com> from "Joe Greco" at Jul 17, 96 10:58:54 pm
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> > Is /usr/hosts deprecated?
>
> Not that I'm aware of! However, personally, I find that the following shell
> script "makelogins" is more generally useful to me as a single user..
>
> #! /bin/sh -
> cd $HOME/bin/logins
> echo `cat $HOME/.hostaliases | awk '{print $1}'`
> for i in `cat $HOME/.hostaliases | awk '{print $1}'` ; do
> ln rlog $i
> done
Yes, it's a watered down version of MAKEHOSTS... :>
> Since the /usr/hosts thing works on the same principle, it will work - until
> somebody gets rid of rlogin (as the telnet folks have been threatening for
> quite some time). I doubt anyone will hack telnet to do this.
>
> Gosh I didn't think anybody even remembered this sort of stuff in this "new
> modern age" of BSD.
>
> Side note: I have not seen anyone create a /usr/hosts in several years now.
Well, that's the reason for my question -- has some other technique
become more "traditional"...?
Thx,
--don
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