On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> Hello, > > I have a notebook which I often move between sites and ocasionally use > without network connection. > I have set up hostname to 'fnote' and set up /etc/hosts this way: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost fnote.local fnote > > This means, that "fnote" resolves along with "fnote.local" and of course > "localhost" to 127.0.0.1, while 127.0.0.1 resolves to "localhost" - it should be: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost w.x.y.z fnote.debian.org fnote www oranythingelseyouwant but real dns men, put w.xy.z and its reverse into a dns file and only define localhost in /etc/hosts > I've logically expected that 127.0.0.1 should always resolve to "localhost" > and vice versa. (searching google supports this opinion) that doesn't mean its correct > However, when programming a script that uses `hostname -s` convention to get bingo ... along with hostname -f, hostname -d might return values you might not want if the wrong entries is used in /etc/hosts or dns c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
