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From: michael butler <imb@asstdc.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Problem in 2.1.5 install and loopback interface.
To: ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com (Thomas David Rivers)
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 02:25:10 +1000 (EST)
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> After a 2.1.5 install, you'll find in sysconfig a line
> to initialize the loopback interface:
 
>  ifconfig_lo0="inet localhost"
 
> Well - if your using a nameserver, and the machine booting happens
> to *be* the nameserver, this won't work.  Since named isn't
> up yet (how could it be before the interfaces are configured?),
> you can't resolve the name "localhost"

<sigh> .. man 5 hosts ..