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| From: | Grant Taylor <gtaylor@×××××××××××××××××××××.net> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] Why do we add the local host name to the 127.0.0.1 / ::1 entry in the /etc/hosts file? | ||
| Date: | Thu, 25 Feb 2021 07:33:29 | ||
| Message-Id: | a4cbcaef-7b98-a584-fe69-6d08226c2767@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-user] Why do we add the local host name to the 127.0.0.1 / ::1 entry in the /etc/hosts file? by Arve Barsnes |
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| 1 | On 2/25/21 12:02 AM, Arve Barsnes wrote: |
| 2 | > I don't think that was the question Peter sought to answer, but rather |
| 3 | > that 'hostname -i' returns the loopback address either way. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | But 'hostname -i' /doesn't/ return the 127.0.0.1 or ::1 if the hostname |
| 6 | isn't on lines with 127.0.0.1 or ::1. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | > Might still defy logic depending on the way you look at it, but that's |
| 9 | > a different question. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Hence why I'm seeking the logic behind what was done. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | |
| 14 | |
| 15 | -- |
| 16 | Grant. . . . |
| 17 | unix || die |