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Re: host to use $HOSTALIASES ?



On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, Martin Schulze wrote:

> Hi Joey!
> 
> > 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.
> 
> I've learned that this depends on the version of your libc.  But
> please don't ask me with which one it works, I have given up...
> 
> Regards
> 
> 	Joey


I can't make it work either.  Time for a bug report?

Lindsay


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