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From: "Toomas Aas" <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee>
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Subject: Re: localhost name resolution problem
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Hello!

> # host localhost
> localhost.my.domain is a nickname for my.domain
> my.domain has address 202.x.x.x
> 
> 
> Someone suggested I check localhost.:
> 
> # host localhost.
> Host not found.

AFAIK the host command doesn't use /etc/hosts. No matter what is 
specified in /etc/host.conf, the host command always uses DNS.
I got bitten by the same thing a couple of weeks ago.

To check whether localhost resolves to 127.0.0.1, try for example
'ping localhost'

Given the contents of your hosts file, you should be OK.
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Toomas Aas | toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee | http://www.raad.tartu.ee/~toomas/
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