Re: hosts file format

From: <stevek_at_mailbag.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 10:48:19 -0500
Message-ID: <342f17632f09c8ffc18e904d66428c32.squirrel_at_webmail.mailbag.com>

Hate to pick nits, but is there a formal distinction between "should" and "must"?

> 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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> Greg Rahn
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