On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:52:43 -0500 Derek Ragona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 03:48 PM 4/10/2007, L33T Networks wrote: > >What is the second line with 10.20.30.199, and the hostname ends in a > >period? I've never seen this in a host file previous to FBSD v.6. > > > >apollo# cat /etc/hosts > >#::1 localhost.mydomain.com localhost > >127.0.0.1 localhost.mydomain.com localhost > >10.20.30.199 apollo.mydomain.com apollo > >10.20.30.199 apollo.mydomain.com. > > > >Is this something that's required for other IP addresses that will > >be added to the hosts file in the future? > > Names ending in a dot represent the fully qualified domain name. You > do it all on one line but it gets too long to easily see and edit. > But that doesn't explain why apollo.mydomain.com. appears as both a FQDN and a PQDN _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
