On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Bill Campbell <centos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is there any reason why /etc/hosts would be missing the line, > 127.0.0.1 localhost? Nope. It's there by default in some form or another. By default, it usually looks like this -> 127.0.0.1 installname localhost.localdomain localhost ::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6 If you don't have anything like this in your /etc/hosts, you either need to find a mirror and begin yelling at responsible parties, or stalk whomever else has root on this particular machine. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos