Re: Odd /etc/hosts entry

2004-07-26 Thread Bill Moran
Clint Olsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, I just debugged a majorly annoying problem doing port forwarding with SSH. Thanks to some creative Googling, I realized I had a weird entry in my hosts file. What does this ::1 entry mean? #::1 localhost localhost.my.domain That's

Re: Odd /etc/hosts entry

2004-07-26 Thread Steve Bertrand
So, I just debugged a majorly annoying problem doing port forwarding with SSH. Thanks to some creative Googling, I realized I had a weird entry in my hosts file. What does this ::1 entry mean? #::1 localhost localhost.my.domain It's an entry for IPv6, and it is commented

Re: Odd /etc/hosts entry

2004-07-26 Thread User LAFFER1
Its for ip6. On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, Clint Olsen wrote: So, I just debugged a majorly annoying problem doing port forwarding with SSH. Thanks to some creative Googling, I realized I had a weird entry in my hosts file. What does this ::1 entry mean? #::1localhost

Re: Odd /etc/hosts entry

2004-07-26 Thread Clint Olsen
On Jul 26, Bill Moran wrote: That's an IPv6 entry. You may want to recompile your kernel without IPv6 support while you're at it. If you don't understand IPv6, removing support from the kernel can head off problems before they happen. Ahh, yes. That's for the tip! -Clint -- Clint Olsen