Oliver Fuchs wrote:
I'd like to know this too as I have seen meny diffrent ways too layout the hosts file. here what I got in mine:Hi,
I am at the moment unsure about the localhost entries in my /etc/hosts. From /usr/src/etc/hosts I have found this one:
# Host Database # # This file should contain the addresses and aliases for local hosts that # share this file. Replace 'my.domain' below with the domainname of your # machine. # # ::1 localhost localhost.my.domain 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain
So my hostname is I.and.I so the /etc/hosts entry must be: ::1 localhost localhost.and.I 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.and.I
Now regarding some programs (e.g. mutt) this option is not able to deliver mail locally instead putting it in /var/spool/mqueue or /var/spool/clientmqueue.
If I use this: ::1 localhost I.and.I 127.0.0.1 localhost I.and.I
I have no problems with sending the mail locally. So I am a little bit confused about what is the correct way to define the localhost in /etc/hosts.
Thanx in advance
Oliver
::1 localhost localhost.intranet 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.intranet ::1 spectra spectra.intranet 127.0.0.1 spectra spectra.intranet
but this same hosts file also says to do it like this: # Imaginary network. #10.0.0.2 myname.my.domain myname #10.0.0.3 myfriend.my.domain myfriend
So which way do you list them. And say spectra.intranet (me) am I suppost to list it as localhost or the real ip address?
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