Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 20:29:08 +0100 From: mouss <usebsd@free.fr> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>, Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Setting default hostname to localhost Message-ID: <4.3.0.20010117202543.04e28280@pop.free.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010116211552.61772B-100000@fledge.watson.o rg> References: <4.3.0.20010116124844.00ad5a60@pop.free.fr>
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At 21:16 16/01/01 -0500, Robert Watson wrote: >The nice thing about "localhost" is that it already appears in >/etc/hosts, and is a relatively reserved name, so unlikely to conflict too >much based on resolution order. I.e., amnesiac.res.cmu.edu is not an >unlikely name. sure, but I consider that the "hostname" variable has nothing to do with resolution. you can call your host amnesiac and still "ping localhost" thanks to /etc/localhost. in other words, callin it "amnesiac" has nothing to do with "amnesiac.foo.bar". regards, mouss To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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