Bug#246892: marked as done (install: /etc/hosts does not make 127.0.0.1 resolve to localhost)
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Subject: install: /etc/hosts does not make 127.0.0.1 resolve to localhost
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The sarge installer writes an /etc/hosts file with a first line like
this. (N.B. I am reporting from another machine)
127.0.0.1 vimes localhost
This may have been the case in earlier installers as well. The problem I
have with this is that many things expect a reverse lookup of 127.0.0.1
to return localhost. MySQL for example: if a user is allowed to log in
from localhost, and logs in over TCP from 127.0.0.1, they will appear to
come from e.g. vimes, which is not localhost, and access will be denied.
I realise there may have been a good reason for this, but other distros
include something like this:
# By the way, Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@nvg.unit.no> says that 127.0.0.1
# should NEVER be named with the name of the machine. It causes
# problems
# for some (stupid) programs, irc and reputedly talk. :^)
#
# For loopbacking.
127.0.0.1 localhost
...i.e. suggesting a machine name shouldn't be on that line *at all*,
let alone first. Please explain. :-)
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