RFC 952 seems to refer to the old Arpanet style of host file. It does not say anything about entries that should be in the file anyway.
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Summerfield Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 8:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 127.0.0.2 in /etc/hosts? Fargusson.Alan wrote: > I don't know if there is any actual standard for /etc/hosts entries. There > is also no guarantee that /etc/hosts will have an entry for localhost, or the > hostname of the system. man hosts RFC 952 (maybe). I think you may have some problems if localhost doesn't resolve, and maybe if 127.0.0.1 doesn't reverse-resolve. -- Cheers John -- spambait [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email from the State of California is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review or use, including disclosure or distribution, is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this email.
