Re: localhost in /etc/hosts
On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 07:51:49PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:17:03AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > On 2006-11-21 15:49:07 +0100, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
>
> > Indeed your hosts.allow probably wasn't complete. In addition to
> > localhost, you should have added the hostname. Or perhaps the IP
> > address 127.0.0.1.
> >
> > > there often is no FQDN, as there is often no IP.
> >
> > 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.
Never tried to install leafnode then?
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