Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!dptg!rutgers!ucsd!network!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpfcdc!hpfcmgw!hpfcse!hpuplca!joseph From: joseph@hpuplca.HP.COM ( Joseph Hohl ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Huge /etc/hosts files (Was Re: Backup over net) Message-ID: <410004@hpuplca.HP.COM> Date: 3 Aug 89 19:52:27 GMT References: <3120@helios.ee.lbl.gov> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Pleasanton Sales Office Lines: 15 > In article <63300007@hpl-opus.HP.COM> jewett@hpl-opus.HP.COM(Bob Jewett) write >> unscientific) was the startup time for "vi /etc/hosts" (1.2 megabytes) on the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > This is exactly why we need domain name service on hp-ux. I would think > that you folks would at least be running it internally, by now. > -jem John, We do have it running internally and it will be included in the HP-UX 7.0 release (both S-300 and S-800s). Joseph