From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 12 15:33:27 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53F7C16A417 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:33:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists-fbsd@shadypond.com) Received: from mx-outbound01.easydns.com (mailout.easydns.com [205.210.42.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BEA813C478 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:33:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists-fbsd@shadypond.com) Received: from slider.shadypond.com (69-12-173-117.static.humboldt1.com [69.12.173.117]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx-outbound01.easydns.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2734820C for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:33:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from slider.shadypond.com (slider.shadypond.com [192.168.1.11]) by slider.shadypond.com (postoffice) with ESMTP id 84499B67B9 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:33:25 +0000 (UTC) From: Pollywog To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:33:24 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200709121533.24833.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> Subject: a small problem with /etc/hosts in FreeBSD 6.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:33:27 -0000 in my hosts file, I have a line that looks like this: ::1 localhost localhost.mydomain.com Is this line for IPv6 or is there some other reason for its presence? It causes occasional problems, so I commented it out and I kept a similar line that points to 127.0.0.1 An example of the problems it sometimes causes is that if I telnet to localhost at port 25 I get this: Trying ::1... telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused