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From: thompson@PAN.SSEC.HONEYWELL.COM (John Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: re: TCP Hostname Resolving/10.2
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Date: 2 Nov 90 20:20:27 GMT
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> Thanks for everyone's help on my question about resolving hostnames.
> By deleting the files /etc/hosts.dir and /etc/hosts.pag, my problems
> immediately went away. Of course, I don't know where those files come from,
> I guess some daemon will regenerate them along the line if it needs them.

The files are created by running /etc/mkhosts.


John Thompson (jt)
Honeywell, SSEC
Plymouth, MN  55441
thompson@pan.ssec.honeywell.com

As ever, my opinions do not necessarily agree with Honeywell's or reality's.
(Honeywell's do not necessarily agree with mine or reality's, either)