On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 12:35:11PM -0700, Jeff Stevens wrote: > 1 -- When configuring DNS, 127.0.0.1 must resolve to localhost and vice > versa [1].
No, the RFC does not say "must", it only says "should" (and it is not even a "SHOULD"). And regardless if localhost.localdomain is removed from /etc/hosts or not, finding & fixing applications that choke on it is a good thing. Gabor -- --------------------------------------------------------- MTA SZTAKI Computer and Automation Research Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences --------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]