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Holger Brueckner wrote: [Mon Oct 08 2001, 04:14:13AM EST] |
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> > Chad Huneycutt wrote: [Sun Oct 07 2001, 06:46:30PM EST] |
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> > > I have the entry |
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> > > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain |
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> > > in my /etc/hosts files, and a 'ping localhost' fails. I am pretty sure |
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> > > that syntax is correct. Anyone see the problem. |
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> > Do you have the lo interface up? I think all you need to do is |
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> > ifconfig lo up |
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> maybe your .localdomain is your problem ... do you have a nameserver |
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> for localdomain ?!? and it is not common to define localhost.localdomain. |
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This shouldn't matter in this case since localhost.localdomain is only |
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being defined as an alias for localhost. |
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