Re: localhost in /etc/hosts
On 2006-11-21 19:51:49 -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:17:03AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > The machine should always have a FQDN, though it may be resolved
> > locally only (in particular if your machine is not on a network).
> > Otherwise you'll have problems with software that requests it (I
> > don't think there's another portable way to fully identify the
> > machine).
>
> I've had stand-alone (aka secure) boxes called localhost, with only
> the standard 127.0.0.1 /etc/hosts entry. Never had a problem.
You haven't seen any problem, but this doesn't mean that there isn't
any. For instance, the FQDN is useful for Message-Id generation, and
a Message-Id should be correct, even locally. Now, /etc/hosts is not
the only way to specify the FQDN, so perhaps your FQDN is correct
after all.
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