Quoting Russell Coker (russell@coker.com.au): > How does that work? Connections to 127.0.0.0/8 go to device lo unless your > routing table is broken. Actually, I _meant_ to say that the effect occurs if /dev/lo hasn't been configured and activated -- not the hosts file entry per se. -- Cheers, The Viking's Reminder: Rick Moen Pillage first, _then_ burn. rick@linuxmafia.com