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

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    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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    • #69802

      We don’t use them at all. Strictly DNS. Much easier to maintain.

      -- Max Drown (Infor)

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      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

    • #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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