Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 12:46:57 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> To: imb@asstdc.com.au (michael butler) Cc: ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Problem in 2.1.5 install and loopback interface. Message-ID: <199608161746.MAA15848@brasil.moneng.mei.com> In-Reply-To: <199608161625.CAA00640@walkabout.asstdc.com.au> from "michael butler" at Aug 17, 96 02:25:10 am
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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 .. ... which doesn't work very well unless you twiddle host.conf to check hosts before the resolver (something I always do anyways). ... JG
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