On Wed 02 Aug 2023 at 16:00:24 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > On 8/2/23 15:15, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 02 Aug 2023 at 14:52:26 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > > On 8/2/23 14:26, Brian wrote: > > > > No - that isn't the way it works. Give what is asked for, not a censored > > > > version that suits you. > > > > > > > ok, same cat in full: > > > gene@bpi52:~$ cat /etc/hosts > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > > 192.168.71.1 router.coyote.den router > > > 192.168.71.3 coyote.coyote.den coyote > > > 192.168.71.4 sixty40.coyote.den sixty40 > > > 192.168.71.7 vna.coyote.den vna > > > 192.168.71.8 rock64v2.coyote.den rock64v2 > > > 192.168.71.9 bpi51.coyote.den bpi51 > > > 192.168.71.10 go704.coyote.den go704 > > > 192.168.71.11 bpi53.coyote.den bpi53 > > > 192.168.71.12 bpi54.coyote.den bpi54 > > > 192.168.71.13 rpi4.coyote.den rpi4 > > > 192.168.71.21 scanner.coyte.den scanner > > > 192.168.71.22 rock64.coyote.den rock64 > > > 192.168.71.23 bpi52.coyote.den bpi52 > > > 192.168.71.25 tlm.coyote.den tlm > > > 192.168.71.50 dddprint.coyote.dn dddprint > > > 31.184.194.81 Sci-Hub.se > > > > Where is the line with 127.0.1.1? Debian always provides that. > > > True, but I've never seen a description of what that does or what its > for.
AIUI it means that your hostname is always resolvable and reachable regardless of whether the network is yet configured. I assume the listing above was taken off one of the machines in the list. I assume you can always ping localhost and 127.0.1.1 (or, for that matter, 127.any.any.any) even if you remove its network cable (to save downing the interface). However, I would expect that you can't ping foo (where foo is the hostname) under the same circumstances (whereas I can). I have no idea whether it has anything to do with your problem; I kind of doubt it. I thought you'd solved that anyway, by typing in the full URL (and then bookmarking it, I hope). > So I've removed it from every machine here because its out of > scope for 127.0.0.1. I'm not sure what you mean by scope. 127.0.0.0 is /8 isn't it? Cheers, David.
