Re: /etc/hosts

[Johann Spies <jspies@sun.ac.za>]

On Sat, Aug 03, 2002 at 01:13:49AM +1000, Andrew Nesbit wrote:
> 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?

>From the Network Administrator's Guide:
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The hosts file contains one entry per line, consisting of an IP
address, a hostname, and an optional list of aliases for the
hostname. The fields are separated by spaces or tabs, and the address
field must begin in the first column. Anything following a hash sign
(#) is regarded as a comment and is ignored.

Hostnames can be either fully qualified or relative to the local
domain.
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Regards.
Johann

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