William H. Magill on Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:47:11 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] name server question

On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 12:54 AM, Paul wrote:
Why not just use the "hosts" file? Linux and Solaris have /etc/hosts files. Windows has a c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file. I'm guessing that OS X also has a hosts file somewhere. 

Yes, as of 10.2 /etc/hosts is accessed "as one would expect under Unix."

Prior to 10.2 you had to enable its usage in addition to Netinfo.

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