On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 10:29, Voytek Eymont wrote:
> hmmm, is that correct to have 127.0.0.1 in this, rather than the proper IP
> address ?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/hosts
> # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
> # that require network functionality will fail.
> 127.0.0.1 koala.sbt.net.au koala localhost.localdomain localhos
> t
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]#
Izzat the only file you have that lists this?
On mine:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 ganesha localhost
It's been a while since RH9, but I thought it had 'hosts' in /etc too...
The 127.0.0.1 is the loopback address - it's how your system talks to
itself. Try 'ifconfig' and you should see an entry for 'lo'. This *is*
the IP for 'localhost' ("Wherever you go, there you are").
And that's all I know so far about it.
Cheers,
Bret
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