Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 21:57:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com> To: ponds!freefall.cdrom.com!freebsd-hackers Subject: 127.1 and "localhost" (name resolution problem.) Message-ID: <199707070157.VAA00413@lakes.water.net>
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I just discovered this on 2.2.1+ (dated 970510) - so it may not be in 2.2.2. But, I just tried to "ping localhost" to discover it couldn't be resolved. # ping localhost ping: unknown host localhost Now - I have no name servers; /etc/host.conf is set to go to the hosts file, which contains: 127.1 localhost.water.net localhost But - If I replace that line with: 127.0.0.1 localhost.water.net localhost Everything works fine. I suggest that, until this problem is fixed, we use 127.0.0.1 in any automated generation of /etc/hosts... I'm not sure where mine came from; it could be an older installation (e.g. upgrades...) If someone happens to be poking around in /etc/hosts resolution code; I'd be interested in knowning why this didn't work... - Dave Rivers -
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