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Re: telnet doesn't find localhost



	Subject: telnet doesn't find localhost
	Date: Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 10:45:11PM -0200

In reply to:Jeronimo Pellegrini

Quoting Jeronimo Pellegrini(pellegrini@mpcnet.com.br):
> 
> Hello...
> 
>   This is probably a known problem. I checked the BTS some time ago,
>   and tehre was a bug filed against telnet, I guess... It couldn't
>   resolve "localhost".
> 
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> 
> I am a bit confused. man 5 hosts didn't help...
> 
> Any ideas?
> 

Just tried to telnet to localhost and it works fine (potato).

Have you modified the /etc/network/interfaces file?  You might try
enabling  the first line, ie

 iface lo inet loopback

:-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-)

Wayne
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