On Wednesday 31 August 2005 06:18 am, Q.H. Wang wrote: > On Wednesday 31 August 2005 12:25 am, et wrote: > > he needs a localhost entry in his /etc/hosts file. he is not resolving > > his own IP without DNS lookups. > > Thanks a lot. The problem is I use DHCP. Is it still necessary to add a > localhost entry in my /etc/hosts file? Maybe it is as I usually get a fixed > IP in my (domain) name in our LAN. > > Thanks. > > Q.H. yes, and it needs to be a "127.0.0.1 localhost" entry, to avoid looking to the DNS everytime you want to do anything -- registered linux user #167806 (http://counter.li.org/) Webhome "http://ed-tharp.kicks-ass.org";
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