[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'll bet that the first line in your /etc/hosts is:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
>
> At least, that's the way it was with mine and, when I tried your program, I
> got the same "broken" answer you got. After reading Per's message, I moved
> that line below the second line in my /etc/hosts so that it looks like this:
>
> 198.41.2.245 knight.internic.net knight
> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
>
> Guess what? It now works correctly. I have a feeling that it shouldn't be
> dependent on your /etc/hosts entry order, but at least this will account for
> the difference between your and Per's results.
>
> BTW, I'm testing this on a RH 5.1 system with sn's jdk-1.1.6v1.2.
My (that is me Per) /etc/hosts file has localhost as the first line,
but I have DNS configured and I think that is what made the difference
for me. I vaguely remember having a similar problem with the
'hostname' command - it kept resulting in "localhost" until I changed
my hosts file.. Anyway, the problem is most likely not Java related.
/Per Widerlund
