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THUFIR HAWAT wrote: |
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> On 3/27/06, Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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>> The localhost is not a service.... it's an ip. |
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>> Jerry |
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> Jerry, I'm not understanding the signicance of that. |
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You used a wrong term. That's all. |
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> Ping is |
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> resolving localhost to the ip, yes? |
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Well, no. ping is sending icmp packages. And it'll also |
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resolve hostnames. But that's not the main purpose of |
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ping. For resolving hostnames, there's host or nslookup. |
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> thufir@localhost ~ $ telnet localhost |
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> Trying 127.0.0.1... |
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> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused |
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> thufir@localhost ~ $ telnet 127.0.0.1 |
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> Trying 127.0.0.1... |
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> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused |
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Fine. Do you have a telnet server running? |
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Alexander Skwar |
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BOFH Excuse #451: |
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astropneumatic oscillations in the water-cooling |
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