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> On 2021-02-21, at 17:23, Grant Taylor <gtaylor@×××××××××××××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I'm reading Kerberos - The Definitive Guide[1] and it makes the following comment: |
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>> And to make matters worse, some Unix systems map their own hostname to 127.0.0.1 (the loopback IP address). |
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> This makes me think that the local host name /shouldn't/ be included in the 127.0.0.1 (or ::1) entry in the /etc/hosts file. |
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> However, according to the Gentoo AMD64 Handbook[2], we are supposed to add the local host name to the 127.0.0.1 (and ::1) entry in the /etc/hosts file. |
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> Will someone please explain why the Gentoo AMD64 Handbook ~> Gentoo (at large) says to add the local host name to the 127.0.0.1 (or ::1) entry in the /etc/hosts file? What was the thought process behind that? |
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The thought process is the same as the guide you are reading. https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/kerberos-the-definitive/0596004036/ch04s03.html |
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It says in the last paragraph on this page that the /etc/hosts file should have the '127.0.0.1 localhost <not-FQDN>' (last part is definitely optional) and then that the next entry should have the outer IP address mapped to the FQDN. |
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Andrew |
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