10.3: A bit of detail on /etc/hosts and Directory Access

Nov 21, '03 10:26:00AM

Contributed by: Mikey-San

For those who use /etc/hosts (or other configuration information in /etc), it seems that Panther has changed how to activate them. This time around, the BSD flat files are automatically checked on in Directory Access, but that's not all there is to it. If you click "Configure" after selecting the BSD flat files, you'll notice this message:

The node /BSD/local must be added to the Authentication or Contacts tabs for the configuration information in /etc/hosts to be used.
Just a heads-up for the Panther crowd. I'm not sure who needs information set in both tabs and who doesn't, but this is where the last of the activation is done.

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