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Date:      Fri, 23 Nov 2001 16:48:54 -0500
From:      Jim Conner <jconner@enterit.com>
To:        The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org>
Cc:        cjclark@alum.mit.edu, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: can't do reverse dns with /etc/hosts
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.0.20011123164749.0245ec60@mail.enterit.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011123211415.GB26346@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org>
References:  <20011114173647.D66694@blossom.cjclark.org> <20011115012039.GA61093@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org> <20011114173647.D66694@blossom.cjclark.org>

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At 16:14 11.23.2001 -0500, The Anarcat wrote:
>On Wed Nov 14, 2001 at 05:36:47PM -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote:
> >
> > host(1) _always_ uses DNS.
> >
>
>Doh! I should have RTFM... sorry.
>
>Is there a tool that doesn't use just DNS?

grep hostname /etc/hosts
grep password /etc/hosts

Those ought to work.

>Or should I write it? ;)
>
>A.



- Jim

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