On Monday 15 July 2002 6:27 pm, Net Llama! wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Matthew Carpenter wrote: > > On Sat, 13 Jul 2002 16:38:14 -0700 > > > > "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Matthew Carpenter wrote: > > > > Sorry, Llama, I have to disagree here... /etc/hosts is a key part of > > > > a Linux system. If your hostname and ip address don't match in > > > > there, you get weird results with some software. > > > > > > When did i say it wasn't a key part of the system? No where. However > > > it has *NOTHING* to do with DHCP. Please don't put words in my mouth. > > > > Exactly, and you are wrong. The DHCP subsystem updates /etc/hosts every > > time it obtains a lease. This is necessary for the system to understand > > its inner self and maintain a state of ominous peace. And tone it down, > > chief. > > No, you are wrong. DHCP doesn't touch /etc/hosts in any way shape or > form on any of the 15+ boxes that i'm responsible for.
>From my eD2.4 box... [pam@betsy pam]$ ll /etc/hosts -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 282 Jul 16 18:48 /etc/hosts [pam@betsy pam]$ cat /etc/hosts #------------------------------------------------------------ # # /etc/hosts file, automatically generated by DHCP boot # script -- do not edit. # #------------------------------------------------------------ 127.0.0.1 localhost betsylin betsylin.nodomain.nowhere 10.1.2.12 lillith -- Pam R: Tony Blair and Bill Gates are my heroes. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
