Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 22:56:18 +0000 From: Ryan Merrick <sandshrimp@attbi.com> To: "W. Sierke" <ws@senet.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: localhost name resolution problem Message-ID: <3E88C792.5020906@attbi.com> References: <024501c2f7c6$080ab560$0264a8c0@regional.net.au>
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W. Sierke wrote: >Hi, > >In the course of trying to resolve a problem with sendmail (refusing to >deliver even local mail), I saw a note in the sendmail configuration docs >which says "host localhost must resolve to 127.0.0.1". However, when I >checked my system I instead found (details obscured): > ># host localhost >localhost.my.domain is a nickname for my.domain >my.domain has address 202.x.x.x > > >Someone suggested I check localhost.: > ># host localhost. >Host not found. > > >I'm not (wasn't) running a nameserver, my host.conf contains the entries >hosts and bind in that order, resolv.conf has a single, automatic (from >PPPoE) >nameserver entry which works, hostname is set to this_machine.my.domain. > >hosts contains >::1 localhost.my.domain localhost >127.0.0.1 localhost.my.domain localhost >192.168.100.1 this_machine.my.domain this_machine >192.168.100.2 another_machine.my.domain another_machine >... > > > > > > Your #/etc/hosts file should read for IPv4 localhost 127.0.0.1 localhost.Your_local_domain.com localhost There should be another line in #/etc/hosts your host 192.168.100.1 My_host.Your_local_domain.com My_host You can add as many lines as you want. with IP address, hostname, nickname. -Ryan
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