I noticed in environ(5) and gethostbyname(5) that if the variable HOSTALIASES is set, the file it points to is used for host lookups instead of /etc/hosts. But I can't get it to work. Does this actually work in linux? I've always wanted a per-user $HOME/.hosts file. -- see shy jo -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .