On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:40:34 -0600 (MDT), Mac Newbold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Can the hosts file contain aliases without IP addresses? > > Depends on the OS. On *nix, I believe so. On windows, probably, but I'm > not sure.
That was a rhetorical question to which the answer is no. /etc/hosts is for mapping IP addresses to names and though it would be awfully convenient if you could just put in aliases with no IP, you can't. ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
