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Re: I've an editable .pdf form I need to fill out



On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 03:20:09PM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
> hosts:          files mymachines dns myhostname

> That's as installed, but hosts: line looks skunky to me.
> what do mymachines and myhostname actually translate to?

They are the names of software packages (libraries) that are installed
on your system.

https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/libnss-mymachines/nss-mymachines.8.en.html

https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/libnss-myhostname/nss-myhostname.8.en.html

They shouldn't actually do anything, so long as the hostname being
looked up ("localhost" in this case) is found in /etc/hosts first.


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