I think I started out like that, with only a 192.168 address for my fqdn and only added it on 127 when things didn't work. I will try this again, however, and will report. On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Steve Holmes wrote: > My default hosts file which came from the Slackware 7.1 distro contains a > very interesting comment which might be causing some of your problems. > Let me attach my hosts file into this message including the original > comments. I do not name my machine on the 127.0.0.1 (loop back) address. > I put my machine name on the network address (192.168.1.1 in this case. > ------ hosts file ------- > # > # hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address > # mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly > # used at boot time, when no name servers are running. > # On small systems, this file can be used instead of a > # "named" name server. Just add the names, addresses > # and any aliases to this file... > # > # By the way, Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra at nvg.unit.no> says that 127.0.0.1 > # should NEVER be named with the name of the machine. It causes problems > # for some (stupid) programs, irc and reputedly talk. :^) > # > > # For loopbacking. > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 192.168.1.1 lnx1.holmesgrown.com lnx1 > 192.168.1.2 steve.holmesgrown.com steve > 192.168.1.3 winme1.holmesgrown.com winme1 > 192.168.1.4 lnx2.holmesgrown.com lnx2 > > > # End of hosts. > > > On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Ari Moisio wrote: > > > > > Hmm... would it help if you put something like > > > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost. toccata.grg.afb.net. > > > > > > to /etc/hosts. After this resolver should be able to resolve that name > > > to localhost. (Check it with 'host', 'nslookup' will use only bind > > > daemon, not entire resolv library.) > > > > That is what I would expect, but it isn't happening, and I don't know why. > > Here's the top of /etc/hosts: > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost toccata.grg.afb.net > > 127.0.0.1 toccata.grg.afb.net toccata > > > > And here's the output of nslookup toccata.grg.afb.net: > > > > Server: 127.0.0.1 > > Address: 127.0.0.1#53 > > > > ** server can't find toccata.grg.afb.net.: NXDOMAIN > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.html Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html
