On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 01:03:53PM +0200, Thomas Hood wrote: > Marc Haber wrote: > > This is what somebody suggested on IRC. I have configured localhost to > > be 127.0.0.1, and hostname and fqdn to 127.0.1.1. Which hasn't shown > > any bad effects yet. > > This is the best idea so far, provided it works. Anyone see any problem > with it Where does 127.0.1.1 fit in to the whole "hostname of system must resolve into a usable IP" thing? should we have an alias for the lo device that sets up 127.0.1.1? It sounds like a gross hack. > If the machine has static IP address 10.1.2.3: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > 10.1.2.3 pingo > > If the machine has static IP address 10.1.2.3 and domain name > 'pingodom': > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > 10.1.2.3 pingo.pingodom pingo This sounds good. I won't commit anything until we all agree though :) -- Joshua Kwan
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