Re: hosts file format

From: Greg Rahn <greg_at_structureddata.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 08:08:31 -0700
Message-ID: <CAGXkmivNzVEsBm1+ONeP74yo41aXapScgayVXXsn1woUa84f_Q_at_mail.gmail.com>

Yes - see manpage for hosts:
$ man hosts

DESCRIPTION
     The hosts file contains information regarding the known hosts on the network. For each host *a single line* should be present with the following

     information:

           Internet address
           Official host name
           Aliases

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone here know if the habit of various oracle products to require
the
> hosts file format to be in the form
> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX HOSTNAME.DOMAINNAME HOSTNAME <any aliases>
>
> reflects an industry standard anywhere. I've come across a large number of
> systems now where you find lines like
>
> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX HOSTNAME HOSTNAME.DOMAINNAME <any aliases>
> or
> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX HOSTNAME.DOMAINNAME HOSTNAME
> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX <alias1>
> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX <alias2>
>
> and so on.
>
> RFC 952 (which admittedly dates from when I was still in full time
> education!) doesn't seem to specify the format oracle seems to
> prefer/require or even one line per ip address (though that seems sensible
> to me).

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Regards,
Greg Rahn
http://structureddata.org


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