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From: andrew@wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de (Bourne-again Superuser)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: localhost
Date: 18 May 1993 19:34:34 GMT
Organization: University of Mannheim, Germany
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How can I make 386bsd read the /etc/hosts ?
For example localhost is not defined ny the
local nameserver (as some people use 127.0.0.0)
so all utils which is call localhost by default
fail. Also any locally defined aliases are ignored.
Seeya,
Andrew