[H-GEN] Is this a DNS configuration problem?

[Gavin Unsworth]

> > I'd give +5 to the earlier poster who suggested adding the relevant
> record
> > to /etc/hosts and forgetting there was a problem ;-) That’s actually a
> very
> > sensible suggestion and not a kludge.
> 
> I have to jump in here.  Keep as little in /etc/hosts as possible.  It
> isn't scalable and will end up coming back to bite at the least opportune
> moments.

In the _context of this problem_, the /etc/hosts suggestion was very good. I
hardly think scalability in the _context of this problem_ is going to be an
issue.

The solution should suit the problem and in this case the addition of an
entry or two to /etc/hosts or the search directive to /etc/resolv.conf is
indeed valid.

NIS is great for managing distributed /etc/hosts files for anyone that
cares.


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