From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 23 04:14:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6390316A4CE for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 04:14:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.186]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA83943D31 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 04:14:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oliverfuchs@onlinehome.de) Received: from [212.227.126.155] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1CWS4V-0002Tc-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 05:14:31 +0100 Received: from [217.246.201.15] (helo=oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de) (TLSv1:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1CWS4Q-0001nY-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 05:14:29 +0100 Received: from oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de (oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de [127.0.0.1])iAN4EK6C002031 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 05:14:21 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliverfuchs1@oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de) Received: (from oliverfuchs1@localhost)iAN3rtWs001734 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 04:53:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliverfuchs1) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 04:53:55 +0100 From: Oliver Fuchs To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041123035355.GA1452@oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20041122202506.GA2534@oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de> <41A27B24.7040700@nbritton.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41A27B24.7040700@nbritton.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:c2b2791553508cc938db2bcf18721a3c Subject: Re: unsure about /etc/hosts X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 04:14:33 -0000 On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Nikolas Britton wrote: > Oliver Fuchs wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I am at the moment unsure about the localhost entries in my /etc/hosts. > >From /usr/src/etc/hosts I have found this one: > > > ># 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 > > > >I have no problems with sending the mail locally. So I am a little bit > >confused about what is the correct way to define the localhost in > >/etc/hosts. > > > >Thanx in advance > > > >Oliver > > > > > I'd like to know this too as I have seen meny diffrent ways too layout > the hosts file. here what I got in mine: In the FAQs I finally have found a third one which I am now using: ::1 I.and.I I localhost 127.0.0.1 I.and.I I localhost > > ::1 localhost localhost.intranet > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.intranet > ::1 spectra spectra.intranet > 127.0.0.1 spectra spectra.intranet > > but this same hosts file also says to do it like this: > # Imaginary network. > #10.0.0.2 myname.my.domain myname > #10.0.0.3 myfriend.my.domain myfriend > > So which way do you list them. And say spectra.intranet (me) am I > suppost to list it as localhost or the real ip address? > > > -- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit