Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 00:19:01 -0500 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: daverk@epix.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hosts file Message-ID: <20020118051902.3512D3E99@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <200201180348.g0I3mbvv027307@bean.epix.net> References: <200201180348.g0I3mbvv027307@bean.epix.net>
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On Thursday 17 January 2002 10:48 pm, Dave Kaufman wrote: > should there be more in my /etc/hosts file than > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > > i'm thinking there should but i'm not finding it in the handbook. shouldn't > there be a reference to my local host name? You can add it as an alias for localhost if you want but whether it's necessary depends on what the machine does. If it's a pure desktop machine that does mail with smtp & pop3 & that sort of thing then it doesn't really need a host name for anything . . . I always do myself, but it's not really required. > > tia > Dave > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) http://www.babbleon.org -------> Free Dmitry Sklyarov! (let him go home) <----------- http://www.eff.org http://www.programming-freedom.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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