On 06/04/2010 16:05, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 15:51 +0100, Michael Thompson wrote: > >> When I change the hostname on my fedora 12 box, from the installation >> default of localhost.localdomain, the network dies until it is reset >> back. >> > "localhost" is assumed always to exist and to be bound to 127.0.0.1 (see > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localhost). You can of course give your > machine another name as well (just add additional names to the localhost > line in /etc/hosts), but you can't remove the meaning of localhost > without breaking things. > > poc > > Yup, I knew that. I'm changing the network name, not localhost. The hosts file reads: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost feddesk ::1 localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost feddesk Believe it or not, I'm not stupid. -- Michael Thompson http://maverickapollo.wordpress.com -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
