From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Aug 21 10: 6:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DA1B37B400 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 10:06:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (rcwep-dhcp-47.isc.org [204.152.189.47]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BD8C43E3B for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 10:06:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marka@drugs.dv.isc.org) Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by drugs.dv.isc.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7LH74Oj001954; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 03:07:04 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from marka@drugs.dv.isc.org) Message-Id: <200208211707.g7LH74Oj001954@drugs.dv.isc.org> To: nicholas harteau Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG From: Mark.Andrews@isc.org Subject: Re: /etc/hosts: localhost In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:19:43 EST." <20020821031943.GT29960@ikami.com> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 03:07:04 +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Sometime recently /etc/hosts seems to have been changed such that: > > ::1 localhost > lies before > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > making some applications (bind9.2.1's rndc bit me in the ass) bomb out > when trying to connect to 'localhost' in this context. > > is there a real compelling reason to put the ipv6 variant first? Well 9.3 will look at all addresses, but as rndc is part of the nameservice it is better if it does *not* rely on the nameservices being configured correctly to work. We suggest using IP address instead of localhost in rndc.conf. Mark > > -- > nicholas harteau > nrh@ikami.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews@isc.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message