On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 13:08:28 -0400, Thomas Hood wrote:
(I had an exchange of emails with Thomas off-list and he suggested that I reply on-list.)
> With the nsswitch configuration > > hosts: files ... dns ... myhostname > > myhostname resolves the system hostname if nothing else does so > first. So it can be overridden either by DNS or by /etc/hosts. If > the system hostname changes, no file has to be edited. Nice. > > Also nice is the fact that myhostname resolves the system hostname > to an external address if there is one, increasing the chances that > the result is similar to what would be obtained from DNS. The output below is from Debian Sid with libnss-myhostname installed and Fedora 19. On Debian, getent outputs the system's IP address for 127.0.1.1, whereas on Fedora, getent outputs 127.0.0.2 for 127.0.0.2. Debian Sid [root@debdeb:/etc]# cat hostname debdeb [root@debdeb:/etc]# cat hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost [root@debdeb:/etc]# getent hosts 127.0.1.1 192.168.1.250 debdeb Fedora 19 [root@fedfed:/etc]# cat hostname fedfed.defdef [root@fedfed:/etc]# cat hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost [root@fedfed:/etc]# getent hosts 127.0.0.2 127.0.0.2 fedfed.defdef -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5204124c.7030...@gmail.com
