> It worked!!
> why is it that the syntax is different.
The syntax is the same, it's the network interface you are connecting
through that is different. The -localhost option means "only accept
connections via local loopback". If you refer to the target machine by its
DNS name then you are connecting to it via a physical network interface,
perhaps ATM or Ethernet, even if you're connecting from the same machine.
Only if you explicitely say "localhost" does the connection go via the
"virtual" loopback network interface.
It's really very simple but it's hard to explain clearly without diagrams, I
think. Hope the above helps, though...
Cheers,
Wez
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