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On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 21:22:40 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: |
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> > No, but on a box with a single IP address, it makes life a lot easier. |
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> on my box (1 ethernet and loopback up and one wireless down) it gives |
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> 127.0.0.1 |
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> Seems a bit hit and miss. |
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I've just tried it on four machines, one of them returned 127.0.0.1. it |
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turns out that one had |
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127.0.0.1 localhost trillian |
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in /etc/hosts. removing trillian, the box's name, made hostname -i give |
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the right answer. |
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> A machine with one IP address usually has no outside network |
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> connection, only 127.0.0.1 |
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I meant one non-local IP address, surely the most common |
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configuration, this discussion would be pointless for a non-networked |
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machine. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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