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From: jrallen@devildog.att.com (Jon Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains
Subject: Re: How to create /etc/hosts from zone
Keywords: hosts
Message-ID: <1667@devildog.att.com>
Date: 15 Nov 90 17:14:42 GMT
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Reply-To: jrallen@devildog.att.com (Jon Allen)
Organization: AT&T IMS - Piscataway, NJ
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>Why would one want to keep /etc/hosts? We are implementing named
>here and I have been contemplating this. Only reason I know of is

One reason are sites with many types of hosts (like mine).  Most machines
have DNS software, however some don't.  It would be a work saver if I
could just update the DNS files and generate an appropriate /etc/hosts
for the dumb machines.

-Jon