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
>
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