next up previous contents
Next: /etc/resolv.conf Up: Configuring TCP/IP on Previous: /etc/networks

/etc/host.conf

    This file is used to specify how your system will resolve hostnames. It should contain the two lines:

These lines tell the resolve libraries to first check the /etc/hosts file for any names to lookup, and then ask the nameserver (if one is present). The multi entry allows you to have multiple IP addresses for a given machine name in /etc/hosts.



Ross Biro
Tue May 23 13:39:28 PDT 1995