It is an IPv6 entry for localhost.
On 10/25/07, Ludwig Isaac Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi: > > Sorry if the question is a bit out of topic. Does the > localhost entry in /etc/hosts file affect the way an Oracle > client connects to an Oracle server? (The server is not in > the same machine as client) > > There are times I was unable to connect to an oracle > server from a linux machine (Server is not on the same > machine). Most of the error message are in form of > "ORA-12170". I tried setting up the timeout settings but > still it doesn't work. The occurance of the error is so > irregular (or unpredictable). There are times I suspect I > lost connection to the server, but pinging the server > succesfully disproved my theory. > > One day I changed the following entry in the > /etc/hosts: > ::1 localhost.localdomain localhost > to > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > Since then, the I was able to connect to Oracle > successfully each time. By the way, my colleague also > experienced this error; changing /etc/hosts also fixed his > problem > > It was during examing sqlnet.log that leaded me to > suspect that the error has something to do with the > localhost entry in /etc/hosts. > > BTW, what does ::1 on the /etc/hosts means? I tried > googling, but to no avial. > > > The following is my setup: > TNS for Linux: Version 10.2.0.3.0 - Productio > TCP/IP NT Protocol Adapter for Linux: Version 10.2.0.3.0 > - Production > Fedora Core 6 > > Thanks in advance, > > ludwig > > PS : > 1) Are these sort of questions ok under this list? Sorry if > my question is off-topic. > > 2) Can I email questions related to software development > undex Linux in PLUG? I looked at the OSS-DEV archives but a > lot of entries are not software development related (Plus > the fact that it seems that the list is somewhat inactive) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
