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[BB] bb-hosts, DNS name for BBDISPLAY?

list David Gore
Fri, 20 May 2005 16:32:35 +0000
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David Gore wrote:
Is there any reason you would want anything more than one line in your bb-hosts file on the client?  Does the client have to have an IP address, or could you use the DNS name?  If I can use the DNS name, why wouldn't I want to do that?   It almost looks like if I set the address to 0.0.0.0, it will use the DNS name?  Or at least the name I have in bb-hosts.  Obviously, if DNS is down that is a problem, any others?

# insert real IP below
127.0.0.1    hobbit                     # BBNET BBPAGER BBDISPLAY
Sorry, that is anything but clear.  I am talking about an entry like this which I think forces the BB client to use DNS.

0.0.0.0   hobbit   # BBNET BBPAGER BBDISPLAY

~David