-----Forwarded Message----- From: Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: DebianDevel List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: /etc/hosts: Two lines with the same IP address? Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 12:03:50 -0400
On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 11:31, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Steve Langasek] > > See other responses for the fix for this; but, er, why would you want > > the canonical name for 127.0.0.1 to be anything other than "localhost" > > anyway? That just invites confusion, IMHO. > > Not only that. It break ssh X forwarding because the xauth key will > be wrong. > > IP 127.0.0.1 should only map to localhost, and not to the hostname if > the host is connected to the net. No, it will not. The resolvers stop at the first resolution. Having something like: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 127.0.0.1 somenode.somedom.com somenode Will not do what you are talking about. BUT having: 127.0.0.1 somenode.somedom.com somenode 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost Will cause all kinds of havoc. Including forwarding. Make sure you understand the infrastructure before you answer others. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
