Adam Thornton wrote

> Oh, I've been *HERE*.

Yep, me too...

> Localhost also resolves to some IPv6 address (:1, maybe?).  Which x3270
> does not know about.

First thing I thought of when I saw what I saw.  Indeed, been caught with it
on a SuSE system.  But on the RH 7.1 I'm working with, unless it's *very*
well hidden, I can't see any IPv6 anywhere.  My /etc/hosts has no IPv6
address for localhost (which is where I spotted it on the SuSE system).  The
kernel is a RYO [1], and I did not include IPv6...

Besides, I can do "x3270 localhost", which resolves to 127.0.0.1, and x3270
displays a telnet login prompt for the local Linux system.  If I disconnect,
select "Connect/Other...", enter "localhost 3270", I get the same telnet
prompt.  If I enter "127.0.0.1 3270", I get the 3270 screen I'm wanting.
Again, I've verified that localhost resolves to 127.0.0.1.

I'm not concerned by this, just *really* curious.  ;)  But not curious
enough that I want to use any more bandwidth on this list (as we're pretty
OT).  Thanks all for your information!

Cheers,
Vic

[1] RYO: Roll Your Own

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