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On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:26:18 -0600 |
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Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Just to add to this, I was using the IP address too and it was very |
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> slow. This was also on a local network. After adding the lines to my |
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> host files, it was fast no matter whether I used the name or the IP |
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> address. I still don't understand why this matters tho. |
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> Just a thought. |
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> Dale |
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I am guessing your /etc/nsswitch.conf says: |
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hosts: files dns |
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in this case, the /etc/hosts file will be consulted before the dns. If |
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you provide an IP address, it will probably want to do a reverse lookup |
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to the name (for .ssh/known-hosts for one); if provided a domain name, |
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it will have to look it up. |
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