Hate to pick nits, but is there a formal distinction between "should" and "must"? > Yes - see manpage for hosts: > $ man hosts > > DESCRIPTION > The hosts file contains information regarding the known hosts on the > network. For each host *a single line* should be present with the > following > information: > > Internet address > Official host name > Aliases > > > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Niall Litchfield > <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> Does anyone here know if the habit of various oracle products to require > the >> hosts file format to be in the form >> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX HOSTNAME.DOMAINNAME HOSTNAME <any aliases> >> >> reflects an industry standard anywhere. I've come across a large number >> of >> systems now where you find lines like >> >> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX HOSTNAME HOSTNAME.DOMAINNAME <any aliases> >> or >> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX HOSTNAME.DOMAINNAME HOSTNAME >> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX <alias1> >> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX <alias2> >> >> and so on. >> >> RFC 952 (which admittedly dates from when I was still in full time >> education!) doesn't seem to specify the format oracle seems to >> prefer/require or even one line per ip address (though that seems >> sensible >> to me). > > -- > Regards, > Greg Rahn > http://structureddata.org > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l