No need to reload anything if you change /etc/hosts

On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 9:19 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, June 22, 2012 11:35 am, Glen Turner wrote:
> > On 21/06/12 18:15, Michael Fox wrote:
>
> > policyd doesn't support IPv6, so just hardcode the well-known IPv4
> address
> > 127.0.0.1 in the MTA and raise a bug against policyd.
>
> Glen, thanks
>
> I'm using a back level policyd 1.x....
>
> (I should use 2.x, but, couldn't figure out how to hold knife and fork,
> it's so different, so, for now, I'll run with 1.x till I can figure out
> 2.x...)
>
> >> I'd be inclined to drop localhost.localhost and localhost from the ipv6
> >>  section of the hosts file..
> >
> > Please don't do that.
>
> currently ended with :
>
> cat /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost4
> localhost4.localdomain4 localhost
> ::1     localhost6      localhost6.localdomain6
> 1111.22.333.4   myhost.tld myhost
>
> are you saying I should put localhost.localhost and localhost back on ipv6
> line ?
>
> ahem, if I edit /etc/hosts, is there a need to reload anything ?
>
> thanks again
>
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