Linux best practices for /etc/services and /etc/hosts

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November 16, 2009 at 6:50 pm #51343

herm ernst
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We are configuring QDX 5.6 on Linux v2.6.9 and were wondering what the best practices were for maintaining the /etc/hosts and /etc/services files?

What port range is recommended for Linux? Manual says 5000 and up.

Should we bother adding entries for hosts and services?

Just wondering what gotcha’s anyone has run into.
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- November 16, 2009 at 7:59 pm #69802
  
  Max Drown (Infor)
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  We don’t use them at all. Strictly DNS. Much easier to maintain.
  
  -- Max Drown (Infor)
- November 16, 2009 at 8:02 pm #69803
  
  Robert Milfajt
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  We use DNS in lieu of /etc/hosts, but use /etc/services to document our port usage.
  
  Robert Milfajt
  Northwestern Medicine
  Chicago, IL
- November 16, 2009 at 8:33 pm #69804
  
  David Barr
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  I agree with Max. I’d recommend DNS instead of /etc/hosts and numeric port values in NetConfig instead of /etc/services.
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