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Re: localhost in /etc/hosts



On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 11:28:45PM +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> Just wondering, which is correct:
> 
> 127.0.0.1        localhost.localdomain        localhost
> 
> or
> 
> 127.0.0.1        localhost
> 
> The linux networking howto
> (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/NET3-4-HOWTO-5.html) muddies the water even
> more:
> 
> 127.0.0.1      localhost     loopback

To muddy the water a little more, I have

127.0.0.1	quash	localhost	loopback

where "quash" is the name of the machine.  I don't remember how I came 
to do this, but it must have been from some debian documentation.

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David Jardine

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loving every minute of it."  -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895)



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