Re: Using /etc/hosts, not dns

From: Ian Smith <smithi_at_nimnet.asn.au>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2023 03:36:58 UTC 
On 26 June 2023 12:47:15 pm AEST, "Dan Mahoney (Ports)" <freebsd@gushi.org> wrote:

 > > On Jun 25, 2023, at 1:51 PM, Steven Friedrich
 > <freebsdlouisville@gmail.com> wrote:
 > > 
 > > I have been using /etc/hosts for decades to identify local hosts. 
 > I don't want the complexity of dns for this simple scenario.
 > > 
 > > I issue: host slimline
 > > Host slimline not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
 > > 
 > > Here's the /etc/hosts:

[...]

 > > ::1			localhost localhost.Friedrich.org
 > > 127.0.0.1		localhost localhost.Friedrich.org
 > > 127.0.1.1		Slimline.Friedrich.org

[...]

 > > 192.168.2.9	Slimline.Friedrich.org Slimline

 > > Why won't host lookup slimline in /etc/hosts?

 > Because you also have to put it in /etc/hosts as its shortname, as
 > the two “localhost” examples above should have suggested.

And from the second entry it would appear to be case-sensitive, though hosts(5) makes no such mention?

But then, is a second entry with a different IP address meaningful anyway?

cheers, Ian