Linux HOW To’s !!!

Optimizing host.conf

#!/bin/sh
cp /etc/host.conf /etc/host.back
echo “# Lookup names via DNS first then fall back to /etc/hosts.” > /etc/host.conf
echo “order bind,hosts” >> /etc/host.conf
echo “# We have machines with multiple IP addresses.” >> /etc/host.conf
echo “multi on” >> /etc/host.conf
echo “# Check for IP address spoofing.” >> /etc/host.conf
echo “nospoof on” >> /etc/host.conf

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