Subject: Re: Multiple IP addresses for a single host in "/etc/hosts"
To: Matthias Scheler <tron@lyssa.owl.de>
From: Erik E. Fair <fair@clock.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 06/03/1999 23:48:40
There is a case I hope you can tell me that you covered:
209.157.85.45 atomic.clock.org atomic atomic-le0 # SPARC Classic
209.157.85.46 digital.clock.org digital digital-le0 nfs0 # SPARC LX
209.157.85.47 broadcast.clock.org broadcast
#
209.157.85.48 nfs-net.mercy.st.clock.org
209.157.85.49 digital.clock.org digital-le1 nfs1 # SPARC LX
209.157.85.50 atomic.clock.org atomic-nfs atomic-le1 # SPARC Classic
so, I ask for "digital-le1", what do I get in the hosts address field? If
the answer is not "209.157.85.49" *followed* by "209.157.85.46", then
you've just screwed everyone with a multi-homed host.
Erik <fair@clock.org>