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From: Nick Rout <nick@×××××××.nz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Name Resolution Problem
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 03:20:16
Message-Id: 20050725151346.2E38.NICK@rout.co.nz
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Name Resolution Problem by Russell Slater
1 > The /etc/hosts file has the only the following entry in it:
2 > 127.0.0.1 localhost
3 > I cannot get the system to reconize anything that I place in /etc/hosts. For some reason it does not appear that the /etc/hosts file is being processed. Is there a config file somewhere that specifies whether or not the hosts file gets processed? My system is setup for DHCP and resolv.conf gets overwritten every time the system is booted.
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5 Just check first that the lo interface is up? ifconfig will tell you.
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7 also try
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9 ping localhost
10 ping 127.0.0.1
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Re: [gentoo-user] Name Resolution Problem Russell Slater <russellds@×××××××.com>