Getting SunOS 4.1 to use DNS -and- /etc/hosts (long)

[Kimmo Suominen]

>>>>> On 12 Mar 91 18:44:16 GMT, a2824ak at sunmanager.lrz-muenchen.de (Thomas Kaiser) said:

Thomas> I also modified the original bind4.8.2 resolver routines. In
Thomas> mine i use first /etc/hosts and then the resolver. I've done
Thomas> for both gethostbyname and gethostbyaddr.

The problem here is, that you'll get wrong information, if you don't
update your /etc/hosts.  I'd prefer having the file as a backup.

Thomas> The problem with the other way round, is that the resolver
Thomas> routines have to wait for timeout, if there is no information
Thomas> or nameserver. You can also put shortnames in your
Thomas> /etc/hosts-file

Well, why don't you use CNAME entries in the DNS and benefit
everyone in your domain?
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