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Date:      Thu, 7 May 2009 08:40:35 -0500
From:      Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com>
To:        Daniel Underwood <djuatdelta@gmail.com>
Cc:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Xfce unable to lookup hostname
Message-ID:  <d356c5630905070640u57b516a7pe005d9627536248f@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <b6c05a470905070637g156ebd4ak38269d6a4711d2cb@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Daniel Underwood <djuatdelta@gmail.com>wrote:

> > Really? No IP? I mean like
> >
> >        ::1             localhost
> >        127.0.0.1       localhost
> >        127.0.0.1       bsdbox.local bsdbox
> >        127.0.0.1       bsdbox.local.
>
> Right, I realize I was unclear. I just meant that two lines contained
> "localhost localhost.my.domain", not that they ONLY contained that
> phrase.  So, yes, I'm referring to the lines starting with "::1" and
> "127.0.0.1".
>
> Let me make sure I understand (part of) your advice.  Since I set
> hostname="bsdbox" in rc.conf, I should replace "localhost" instances
> in /etc/ttys ?
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel
>

I don't think you should touch /etc/ttys for this problem.

Andrew



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