The /etc/hosts file has the only the following entry in it:
127.0.0.1 localhost
I cannot get the system to reconize anything that I place in /etc/hosts. For some reason it does not appear that the /etc/hosts file is being processed. Is there a config file somewhere that specifies whether or not the hosts file gets processed? My system is setup for DHCP and resolv.conf gets overwritten every time the system is booted.
Any ideas?
Russ
>From: Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
>To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
>Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Name Resolution Problem
>Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:20:37 -0700
>
>Russell Slater wrote:
>>I am relatively new to Gentoo and I am having a problem resolving
>>localhost. I always get "unknown host localhost" I can connect to
>>any other site such as www.yahoo.com <http://www.yahoo.com> but
>>nothing else works. I have gone through the Gentoo Handbook several
>>times and googled the issue but could not find a resolution. Please
>>let me know what you files you might need to look at to
>>troubleshoot the issue.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>> Russ
>>
>
>Normally localhost maps to 127.0.0.1 inside /etc/hosts (see the
>hosts(5) manpage). This file basically allows you to override the
>normal DNS resolution process for specific host names.
>
>Zac
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