> lo is up, verified with ifconfig. I can ping 127.0.0.1, however pinging > localhost results in "ping: unknown host localhost". I get the same result > with anything else that I add to the hosts file. > Thanks, > Russ
I would try strace now to see if /etc/hosts is being opened: strace -e open ping localhost (if that generates too much lok at man strace, there is an option to save to a file - redirection does not work IIRC.) -- Nick Rout -- [email protected] mailing list
