Paul M Foster wrote: > Folks: > > In my /etc/hosts file, there's a line: > > 127.0.1.1 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite > > I think Debian put it there. > > Later in the file, I've got: > > 192.168.254.30 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite > > So there are two entries for the same (my) machine. Is this a problem? > Specifically, could it cause problems with email (Exim4 or OpenSMTPD)?
Technically possible, but unlikely. If you had exim or opensmtpd configured to only bind to the 192.168 address, and not the localhost address, then you might manage to run into an issue. As long as the 192.168 address is correct, you can replace 127.0.1.1 to refer to 'localhost' alone. -dsr-
