The /etc/hosts file can be best described as______.
A.
a local database of host names for rlogin, rsh, and rep
B.
the configuration file for the host name of the system
C.
a local database of information for the uname command
D.
the configuration file for the Domain Name Service (DNS)
E.
a local database of host names and their associated IP addresses
Explanation:
As your machine gets started, it will need to know the mapping of some hostnames to IP addresses before
DNS can be referenced. This mapping is kept in the /etc/hosts file. In the absence of a name server, any
network program on your system consults this file to determine the IP address that corresponds to a host
name.