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David
Asked: 2010-07-02 15:12:30 +0800 CST

user version of /etc/hosts

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I am a user on a Solaris 10 system and I wish to maintain my own version of /etc/hosts. This file will function like a normal /etc/hosts, except it will only resolve hosts from processes that I run.

Since I do not have the ability to write to /etc/hosts and I do not wish to have to ask the adminstrator to reconfigure it for me. (please don't go into this more)

I am open to other alternatives that will allow a non-privileged user the ability to add custom host names. The solution must not involve the superuser doing anything.

hostname hosts-file

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Override gethostbyname. You'll need to control the library path, but that can be done by a user. See here for some neat info:

    http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Program-Library-HOWTO/shared-libraries.html

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  2. A chrooted environment or even a dedicated non global zone might be a solution for you. Otherwise, an interposition library or a dtrace script might also do the job.

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