Re: localhost in /etc/hosts

[Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de>]

Am 2006-11-13 02:07:52, schrieb David Jardine:

> To muddy the water a little more, I have
> 
> 127.0.0.1	quash	localhost	loopback

This is definitivly wrong!

An /etc/hosts file can have only 3 fields plus comment.
It should be

127.0.0.1		localhost	localhost	# Localhost

IP.OF.THE.SYSTEM	<fqdn>		<hostname>	# My Computer

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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