On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Adam Shand wrote: > > I can't find a /etc/hosts file in the Debian distribution. When I go > > > > dpkg --search etc/hosts > > > > it doesn't find it. Does Debian have this file? > > Yep Debian does have it and it is called /etc/hosts . If it doesn't exist > just create it. > > Surprisingly it didn't show up when I did a 'dpkg -S hosts' either... I > suspect that one of the config files makes it when you install.
That's strange. It didn't exist on my friend's machine until it was manually created. Does this suggest that it wasn't configured properly? Does anyone know what creates the /etc/hosts file? Thanks, Mark. _/~~~~~~~~\___/~~~~~~\____________________________________________________ ____/~~\_____/~~\__/~~\__________________________Mark_Phillips____________ ____/~~\_____/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ____/~~\HE___/~~\__/~~\APTAIN_____________________________________________ ____/~~\______/~~~~~~\____________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!" -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .