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To: "Mr. K." <bsd@a.servers.aozilla.com>
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Subject: Re: localhost.org
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From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Date: 18 Nov 1999 17:07:16 +0100
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"Mr. K." <bsd@a.servers.aozilla.com> writes:
> I thought it's automatically there because inbox.org is my domain name.  I
> actually can't figure out how to fix this, without setting myself as
> authoritative for localhost.org.  I'm probably just overlooking something
> though.

You should have an entry for localhost in the inbox.org zone file:

localhost               IN      A       127.0.0.1

and you should consider setting your search path explicitly in
/etc/resolv.conf.

Alternatively, put 'hosts' before 'bind' in /etc/host.conf and make
sure /etc/hosts contains an entry for localhost. You can use
/etc/hosts to override other stuff, too; e.g. make ad.doubleclick.net
point to a dummy httpd that returns 404 no matter what URL you
request.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no


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