On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 07:53:10AM -0500, Baho Utot wrote: > On Friday 08 January 2010 03:54:23 Allan McRae wrote: > > Ionut Biru wrote: > > Yep, my /etc/hosts file was definitely changed: > > > > # > > # /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names > > # > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > > > #<ip-address> <hostname.domain.org> <hostname> > > 127.0.0.1 arch > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > I was having trouble with networking several years ago and had a /etc/host > like yours. I posted to usenet and the network gurus there promptly busted me > for that layout. > > They told me to do this instead: > > #<ip-address> <hostname.domain.org> <hostname> > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > 127.0.0.2 arch.<yourdomain> arch > > They claim that the above conforms to the RFC's and reusing the 127.0.0.1 > address can confuse some apps. > > I have been using the above and it has always worked, no busted apps. This also seems to work for me, at least the extra aliases at the end of the line are respected: #<ip-address> <hostname.domain.org> <hostname> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost arch -- Jim Pryor profjim@xxxxxxxxxxxx
