On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 20:22 -0600, Satish Balay wrote: > On Sun, 19 Dec 2004, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > > If you use multiple IP <--> hostname mapping lines in the /etc/hosts > > file you then need to configure "multi on" in /etc/host.conf. See "man 5 > > host.conf" > > What I sugested doesn't qualify as a multi. > True, Satish, but what Alexander says still applies for the condition he states. For multiple IP addresses to be mapped to a single hostname his suggestion is needed. OTOH, for multiple hostnames to map to a single IP they just all go on the same line. > Satish >