Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 05:02:40 +0100 From: Oliver Fuchs <oliverfuchs@onlinehome.de> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: unsure about /etc/hosts Message-ID: <20041123040240.GB1452@oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de> In-Reply-To: <20041122211044.GQ22677@lb.tenfour> References: <20041122202506.GA2534@oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de> <20041122211044.GQ22677@lb.tenfour>
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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Dick Davies wrote: > * Oliver Fuchs <oliverfuchs@onlinehome.de> [1107 21:07]: > > > # Host Database > > # > > # This file should contain the addresses and aliases for local hosts that > > # share this file. Replace 'my.domain' below with the domainname of your > > # machine. > > # > > # > > ::1 localhost localhost.my.domain > > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain > > > > So my hostname is I.and.I so the /etc/hosts entry must be: > > ::1 localhost localhost.and.I > > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.and.I > > > > Now regarding some programs (e.g. mutt) this option is not able to deliver > > mail locally instead putting it in /var/spool/mqueue or > > /var/spool/clientmqueue. > > > > If I use this: > > ::1 localhost I.and.I > > 127.0.0.1 localhost I.and.I > > This sets your hostname to point to the localhost address - is that what you > want? Normally, you set your hostname to a public IP (or at least a network > connected IP) > > i.e. > > ::1 localhost localhost.and.I > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.and.I > 1.2.3.4 I.and.I What I would like to know is the localhost entry. I always thought you absolutely need this entry in /etc/hosts and it is the first entry to be made? But I am not quiet sure about the way how to set the localhost name right in /etc/hosts. From what I have read I found three possibilities: ::1 I.and.I I localhost 127.0.0.1 I.and.I I localhost ::1 localhost localhost.and.I 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.and.I ::1 localhost I.and.I 127.0.0.1 localhost I.and.I Which one is the correct way to define localhost? Oliver > > Jah love. > > > -- > Oh how awful. Did he at least die peacefully? ....To shreds you say, tsk tsk tsk. > Well, how's his wife holding up? ....To shreds, you say... - Prof. Farnsworth > Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit
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