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Line 748: * This means "try files (/etc/hosts); and if it fails, try DNS." * i.e. If the host name is not found there, then consult the remote DNS name servers identified by the /etc/resolv.conf file. * ~~But that~~This order could be changed or expanded. * As a single file, it doesn't scale well: the size of the file becomes too big very soon. Line 770: Override addresses that your DNS server provides Control access to network traffic * IP-to-hostname conversion usually display only the first name found: 192.168.10.12 server.example.com myftp.example.com myhost myftp $ ping myftp PING myhost.example.com (192.168.10.12) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from myhost.example.com (192.168.10.12): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.023 ms 64 bytes from myhost.example.com (192.168.10.12): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.028 ms Note that we pinged myftp but results come from host myhost. This is a reliable hint that you are addressing an alias, not the actual host. == Check CPU, Memory and HDD ==

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