Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:49:56 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: Oliver Fuchs <oliverfuchs@onlinehome.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unsure about /etc/hosts Message-ID: <41A27B24.7040700@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <20041122202506.GA2534@oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de> References: <20041122202506.GA2534@oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de>
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Oliver Fuchs wrote: >Hi, > >I am at the moment unsure about the localhost entries in my /etc/hosts. From >/usr/src/etc/hosts I have found this one: > ># Host Database ># ># This file should contain the addresses and aliases for local hosts that ># share this file. Replace 'my.domain' below with the domainname of your ># machine. ># ># >::1 localhost localhost.my.domain >127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain > >So my hostname is I.and.I so the /etc/hosts entry must be: >::1 localhost localhost.and.I >127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.and.I > >Now regarding some programs (e.g. mutt) this option is not able to deliver >mail locally instead putting it in /var/spool/mqueue or >/var/spool/clientmqueue. > >If I use this: >::1 localhost I.and.I >127.0.0.1 localhost I.and.I > >I have no problems with sending the mail locally. So I am a little bit >confused about what is the correct way to define the localhost in >/etc/hosts. > >Thanx in advance > >Oliver > > I'd like to know this too as I have seen meny diffrent ways too layout the hosts file. here what I got in mine: ::1 localhost localhost.intranet 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.intranet ::1 spectra spectra.intranet 127.0.0.1 spectra spectra.intranet but this same hosts file also says to do it like this: # Imaginary network. #10.0.0.2 myname.my.domain myname #10.0.0.3 myfriend.my.domain myfriend So which way do you list them. And say spectra.intranet (me) am I suppost to list it as localhost or the real ip address?
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