Re: /etc/inet/hosts -> /etc/inet/ipnodes link?


Rich Teer wrote:
On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, gerryt wrote:
I have done a ton of reconfiguring of systems ip number-wise
-always on ipv4 only systems - and ipnodes has never been an issue.
If you have an example where diffs in hosts vs. ipnodes causes
some kind of problem, please share.
If you have an entry for a machine in both files, each with a
different IP address, confusion ensues.

OK but this has not happened to me, how did it happen to you?

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