Hello!
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Helge Oldach wrote:
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
Noting the RFC 1918 addresses in the default /etc/hosts is *very* useful.
If we (part of the Inetnet community) wants to encourage proper IP use,
we shouldn't hide this information in an obscure, seldom (?never?)
visited directory.
And so is noting actual IP address(es) and host name(s) in /etc/hosts,
to overcome lack of network connectivity or reachability of a proper DNS
server during boot. Specifically if the server in question *is* the name
server.
Actually, /etc/hosts is very likely touched by the sysadmin on most
machines. Definitely on all that I take care of.
That's exactly why I vote for removal of the most comments from this file.
This file is for defining IP <- hostname mapping, NOT for teaching sysadmins
how to manage IP address allocations. I remove these useless comments
on every our host, and mergemaster keeps showing me them on every upgrade.
Also I vote for removal of the useless "Example entries" section in
/etc/login.conf as well as examples in /etc/namedb/named.conf. People should
get a good habit of reading documentation (e.g. manpages) instead of grabbing
random pieces of knowlege from sample configs.
Sincerely, Dmitry
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