On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 19:05, Joshua Kwan wrote: > Where does 127.0.1.1 fit in to the whole "hostname of system must > resolve into a usable IP" thing?
I am not aware that the hostname of the system must resolve into something usable. I am only aware that sudo prints an error message (which may be harmless) if the hostname isn't resolvable at all. > should we have an alias for the lo > device that sets up 127.0.1.1? I am not sure that that is necessary. It seems that one can connect to 127.0.1.1 without further ado. I have dnsmasq running, for example, and it answers queries made to 127.0.1.1. $ host www.matrox.com 127.0.1.1 Using domain server: Name: 127.0.1.1 Address: 127.0.1.1#53 Aliases: www.matrox.com has address 138.11.241.200 I wouldn't expect this to work given my routing table: $ sudo route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlanp_0 default hubert 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlanp_0 But it does. > It sounds like a gross hack. > > > If the machine has static IP address 10.1.2.3: > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > 10.1.2.3 pingo > > > > If the machine has static IP address 10.1.2.3 and domain name > > 'pingodom': > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > 10.1.2.3 pingo.pingodom pingo > > This sounds good. I won't commit anything until we all agree though :) Yes, better wait until the debian-devel discussion is finished. -- Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
