User specific "/etc/hosts" ?

rather than the main /etc/hosts

can each user has their own version of file?

thanks.

howa wrote:
> rather than the main /etc/hosts
>
> can each user has their own version of file?
>
> thanks.
>
No.

You can set each user's HOSTFILE individually by adjusting the (at
least in bash) HOSTFILE variable... so, in your global shell rc file,
for example if everyone is using bash, just put the following in your
/etc/bashrc:

export HOSTFILE=/etc/hosts.d/hosts.$USER

and then make sure that you wrap the adduser-script accordingly so it
automagically creates a default /etc/hosts.d/hosts.$USER file for every
new user.

similar accommodations could be made for other shells, I believe.

-C

On Nov 21, 1:12 am, "howa" <howac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> rather than the main /etc/hosts
>
> can each user has their own version of file?
>
> thanks.

C.J. Steele wrote:
> You can set each user's HOSTFILE individually by adjusting the (at
> least in bash) HOSTFILE variable... so, in your global shell rc file,
> for example if everyone is using bash, just put the following in your
> /etc/bashrc:
>
> export HOSTFILE=/etc/hosts.d/hosts.$USER
>
> and then make sure that you wrap the adduser-script accordingly so it
> automagically creates a default /etc/hosts.d/hosts.$USER file for every
> new user.
>
> similar accommodations could be made for other shells, I believe.
>
> -C

HOSTFILE will modify bash hostname completions but it won't alter the
behaviour of gethostbyname and gethostbyaddr functions that are used to
translate between host names and IP addresses.

Robert

>
> On Nov 21, 1:12 am, "howa" <howac...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> rather than the main /etc/hosts
>>
>> can each user has their own version of file?
>>
>> thanks.
>

On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:12:07 -0800, howa wrote:

> rather than the main /etc/hosts
>
> can each user has their own version of file?

Looks like you're asking your question based the assumption that you've
found the solution... What's the problem? What are you trying to
accomplish, and why?

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howa wrote:
> rather than the main /etc/hosts
>
> can each user has their own version of file?
>
> thanks.

No, but you can likely achieve whatever result you're trying to
achieve. Linux gives you a lot of control over applications that do
things the normal way. (But there may be little to nothing you can do
about applications that do things their own way.)

DS

David Schwartz ¼g¹D¡G

> howa wrote:
> > rather than the main /etc/hosts
> >
> > can each user has their own version of file?
> >
> > thanks.
>
> No, but you can likely achieve whatever result you're trying to
> achieve. Linux gives you a lot of control over applications that do
> things the normal way. (But there may be little to nothing you can do
> about applications that do things their own way.)
>
> DS

well, for example, i need to get file using wget
http://www.mycompany.com

but i mycomapny.com cannot be allowed to define in /etc/hosts, what can
i do?

On 22 Nov 2006 09:39:21 -0800, howa wrote:
> well, for example, i need to get file using wget
> http://www.mycompany.com
>
> but i mycomapny.com cannot be allowed to define in /etc/hosts, what can
> i do?

use ip address of mycompany.com instead of mycompany.com

"howa" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:


>David Schwartz =BCg=B9D=A1G

>> howa wrote:
>> > rather than the main /etc/hosts
>> >
>> > can each user has their own version of file?
>> >
>> > thanks.
>>
>> No, but you can likely achieve whatever result you're trying to
>> achieve. Linux gives you a lot of control over applications that do
>> things the normal way. (But there may be little to nothing you can do
>> about applications that do things their own way.)
>>
>> DS

>well, for example, i need to get file using wget
>http://www.mycompany.com

use the IP address.

http://111.222.333.44


>but i mycomapny.com cannot be allowed to define in /etc/hosts, what can
>i do?

Why not? And why is www.mycompany.com not in the dns tables?

Unruh wrote:
> "howa" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>
>
>> David Schwartz =BCg=B9D=A1G
>
>>> howa wrote:
>>>> rather than the main /etc/hosts
>>>>
>>>> can each user has their own version of file?
>>>>
>>>> thanks.
>>> No, but you can likely achieve whatever result you're trying to
>>> achieve. Linux gives you a lot of control over applications that do
>>> things the normal way. (But there may be little to nothing you can do
>>> about applications that do things their own way.)
>>>
>>> DS
>
>> well, for example, i need to get file using wget
>> http://www.mycompany.com
>
> use the IP address.
>
> http://111.222.333.44
>
>
>> but i mycomapny.com cannot be allowed to define in /etc/hosts, what can
>> i do?
>
> Why not? And why is www.mycompany.com not in the dns tables?

Maybe he does not have internet access ;-)

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