Re: /etc/hosts

[Andrew Nesbit <alnesbit@optushome.com.au>]

Prescott Smith <prescott@interlinklc.net> writes:

> 6/21/2002 8:59:25 PM, Marc Barnett <marc@solid.net> wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 08:56:56PM +0100, john gennard wrote:
> >> The only line I have now in the file is:- 
> >> 	127.0.0.1   <machine name>.clara.co.uk   <machine name> 
> >
> >Change this to:
> >
> >127.0.0.1 localhost <machine name>.clara.co.uk <machine name>

The FQDN should come first, the aliases second onwards, like so

127.0.0.1 <machine name>.clara.co.uk <machine name> localhost

should it not?

Andrew.