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| From | Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: a little jessie whinage |
| Date | 2015-10-11 22:30 +0200 |
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Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> writes:
> 'hostname -f' isn't rocket science -- it's just a small lookup. I
> suspect it goes to ifconfig for the IP then in hosts for the FQDN that
> matches the IP, or, apparently, resolv.conf and hostname.
You shouldn't suspect, it's in the Fine Manual. It calls into the C
library name/address resolution functions, so it uses whatever is
configured in nsswitch.conf; that means /etc/hosts first on a default
install. No need to call in an external resolver for that.
Mart
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a little jessie whinage Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-11 05:00 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-10-11 07:30 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-11 09:30 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-11 20:40 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-11 21:30 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-11 22:30 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> - 2015-10-11 22:30 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2015-10-11 23:00 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-11 23:10 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-10-11 23:20 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-12 00:20 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-10-11 12:20 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage tomas@tuxteam.de - 2015-10-11 13:20 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2015-10-11 17:10 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> - 2015-10-11 22:20 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-11 22:30 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> - 2015-10-11 23:30 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 00:00 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-10-12 06:50 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-12 09:40 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage Seeker <seeker5528@comcast.net> - 2015-10-13 04:00 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 10:40 +0200
Re: a little jessie whinage Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-13 15:10 +0200
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