Messages in this thread |  | | From | Mike <> | Subject | Possible /etc/hosts parsing bug? | Date | Sun, 17 Nov 1996 21:49:02 -0800 (PST) |
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I have found something that may be a small parsing bug, but may also be within the specs of its functionality... In my hosts file I had a few entries:
172.16.2.1 Atomic.shocking.com 172.16.2.2 Nuclear.shocking.com 172.16.2.3 Fusion.shocking.com
In an effort to line everything up and make it look pretty I modified the previous lines to the following:
172.016.002.001 Atomic.shocking.com 172.016.002.002 Nuclear.shocking.com 172.016.002.003 Fusion.shocking.com
Numerically, these have the same values, but when I tried to ping fusion, the IP that it was using was 172.14.2.3. When the extra '0's were deleted ping worked fine. Is this within the operating specs? Just curious,
Mike Cumings (aka linux-kernel pest) mcumings@ecst.csuchico.edu
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