Summary (2) : /etc/net/*/hosts files

From: Mark Hargrave (hargrme@wisdom.maf.nasa.gov)
Date: Wed Dec 08 1999 - 12:14:35 CST


Michael Wang kindly suggested that should tell what the
host files are used for. Here are the replies that do
that:

Some forms of loopback rpc use them. And perhaps will fallback to
udp/tcp instead of ti*

Casper Dik <casper@holland.sun.com>

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Sun said "yes" in the SA-286 Network Administration course. "ticlts"
deals with UDP and "ticot" deals with TCP.

Daniel Luechtefeld <wolucky@yahoo.com>

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You can do a man on "ticlts", "ticots", and "ticotsord" for
more information.

Thanks,

Mark

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Mark Hargrave, Sr. Unix Systems Manager
Lockheed Martin Michoud Space Systems
New Orleans, LA

E-Mail: hargrme@wisdom.maf.nasa.gov
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Original question:
> Subject: /etc/net/*/hosts files
>
> We have purchase some workstations from TATUNG that
> came in pre-loaded with Solaris 2.6. From Monika's
> email today, I have realized that we have never changed
> the hostname in the following files:
>
> /etc/net/ticlts/hosts
> /etc/net/ticots/hosts
> /etc/net/ticotsord/hosts
>
> The hostname in these files are still "tatung". Are
> these files really used and should I change the name
> entries in these file to the appropriate hostname?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Mark Hargrave, Sr. Unix Systems Manager
> Lockheed Martin Michoud Space Systems
> New Orleans, LA
>
> E-Mail: hargrme@wisdom.maf.nasa.gov
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>



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