*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 19775 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19775
Tom Wood wrote:
> I am assuming that "boxname" is under 127.0.1.1 because eth1 is the active
> NIC.
"boxname" is under 127.0.1.1 because that is standard in Debian and
Ubuntu.
If a machine has a permanent IP address then it is appropriate to assign that
IP address
to the hostname, e.g.,
123.45.67.89 boxname.foo.com boxname
> My observations are that there are several issues that could be resolved
> simply
> by two things: First, assign the FQDN and it's non-FQDN both to the 127.0.0.1
> loopback interface, not the 127.0.1.1.
No, that is non-standard in Debian and Ubuntu.
This:
> 127.0.0.1 localhost boxname.example.com
> 127.0.1.1 boxname.example.com
is invalid. The 127.0.0.1 should contain the hostname "localhost" and
only the hostname "localhost".
Further, with that configuration the hostname "boxname" can't be resolved. It
should be included as an alias.
Thus /etc/hosts should look like this in your case:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 boxname.example.com boxname
Please see http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-
gateway.en.html and hosts(5).
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234111
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