line lengths in /etc/hosts
Is there a limit on line length in FreeBSD's /etc/hosts? I'm not finding any mention of such a limit in hosts(5), but characters beyond the first 660 or so seem to be ignored. To answer the inevitable followup why would anyone need such a long line in /etc/hosts: With this line in /etc/nsswitch.conf hosts: files dns I can easily suppress access to unwanted web sites by adding names to the localhost line in /etc/hosts, like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain bad1.com bad2.com ... My version of that line has gotten rather long :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: line lengths in /etc/hosts
On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:57:48 -0700, Perry Hutchison wrote: I can easily suppress access to unwanted web sites by adding names to the localhost line in /etc/hosts, like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain bad1.com bad2.com ... My version of that line has gotten rather long :) Without actually havint tested this, but have you considered using the \ continuation character (linebreak escape) to avoid the problem? Also I think there's not a generic limit to the /etc/hosts file itself, but maybe to the input buffers of the programs that read this file... -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: line lengths in /etc/hosts
On 27 Mar 2013, at 09:57, per...@pluto.rain.com (Perry Hutchison) wrote: Is there a limit on line length in FreeBSD's /etc/hosts? I'm not finding any mention of such a limit in hosts(5), but characters beyond the first 660 or so seem to be ignored. To answer the inevitable followup why would anyone need such a long line in /etc/hosts: With this line in /etc/nsswitch.conf hosts: files dns I can easily suppress access to unwanted web sites by adding names to the localhost line in /etc/hosts, like this: 127.0.0.1localhost localhost.my.domain bad1.com bad2.com ... My version of that line has gotten rather long :) AFAIK you can have multiple lines. BR ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: line lengths in /etc/hosts
Hi, On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:09:29 +0100 Erik Nørgaard norga...@locolomo.org wrote: On 27 Mar 2013, at 09:57, per...@pluto.rain.com (Perry Hutchison) wrote: Is there a limit on line length in FreeBSD's /etc/hosts? I'm not finding any mention of such a limit in hosts(5), but characters beyond the first 660 or so seem to be ignored. To answer the inevitable followup why would anyone need such a long line in /etc/hosts: With this line in /etc/nsswitch.conf hosts: files dns I can easily suppress access to unwanted web sites by adding names to the localhost line in /etc/hosts, like this: 127.0.0.1localhost localhost.my.domain bad1.com bad2.com ... My version of that line has gotten rather long :) AFAIK you can have multiple lines. yes, I have hundreds or even thousands of lines and never ran into any problems. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: line lengths in /etc/hosts
On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:57:48 -0700, Perry Hutchison wrote: Is there a limit on line length in FreeBSD's /etc/hosts? I'm not finding any mention of such a limit in hosts(5), but characters beyond the first 660 or so seem to be ignored. To answer the inevitable followup why would anyone need such a long line in /etc/hosts: With this line in /etc/nsswitch.conf hosts: files dns I can easily suppress access to unwanted web sites by adding names to the localhost line in /etc/hosts, like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain bad1.com bad2.com ... My version of that line has gotten rather long :) $ tail -20 /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 r1.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 simg.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 ss1.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 ss2.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 ss7.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 xads.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 yads.zedo.com 127.0.0.1 www.zedo.com #[Adware.RaxSearch] 127.0.0.1 c1.zxxds.net #[g1.panthercdn.com] 127.0.0.1 c7.zxxds.net # [Zero Lag][AS20093][67.201.0.0 - 67.201.63.255] 127.0.0.1 ads.namiflow.com 127.0.0.1 adunit.namiflow.com # [Zero Lag][AS20093][68.71.240.0 - 68.71.255.255] 127.0.0.1 rt.udmserve.net # [Zero Lag][AS20093][72.37.216.0 - 72.37.217.255] 127.0.0.1 www.stickylogic.com 127.0.0.1 www.winadiscount.com #[Dr.Web.Adware.Xbarre] 127.0.0.1 www.winaproduct.com # [end of entries generated by MVPS HOSTS] $ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
