Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 12:18:52 +0300 From: "Toomas Aas" <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee> To: "W. Sierke" <ws@senet.com.au>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: localhost name resolution problem Message-ID: <200304010919.h319JJO10543@lv.raad.tartu.ee> In-Reply-To: <024501c2f7c6$080ab560$0264a8c0@regional.net.au>
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Hello! > # host localhost > localhost.my.domain is a nickname for my.domain > my.domain has address 202.x.x.x > > > Someone suggested I check localhost.: > > # host localhost. > Host not found. AFAIK the host command doesn't use /etc/hosts. No matter what is specified in /etc/host.conf, the host command always uses DNS. I got bitten by the same thing a couple of weeks ago. To check whether localhost resolves to 127.0.0.1, try for example 'ping localhost' Given the contents of your hosts file, you should be OK. -- Toomas Aas | toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee | http://www.raad.tartu.ee/~toomas/ * Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
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