Hi, s. keeling [2007-05-14 19:53 -0600]: > I've been trying to help a friend with his system. I point a web > browser at http://127.0.0.1:631, and it asks me for a password. > Neither my user acct. password, nor root's password, works. > > However, http://localhost:631 works. WTF?!? Isn't 127.0.0.1, by > definition, localhost?
Depends. If you are on an IPv6-only network and 'lo' isn't set up as IPv4, then it might very well be just ::1. > PS. Yeah, I'm still running old-stable, but I doubt this situation is > any different in Sid, since the same problem appears to exist in > *buntu. It seems to work fine here for me, both with 'localhost' and '127.0.0.1'. Martin -- Martin Pitt http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com Debian Developer http://www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
