Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 22:43:07 +0300 (EET DST) From: "Litvin Alexander B. <litvin@cmr.kiev.ua>" <archer@cmr.kiev.ua> To: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Cc: michael butler <imb@asstdc.com.au>, ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem in 2.1.5 install and loopback interface. Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960816223932.26616A-100000@cmr.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <199608161746.MAA15848@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
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On Fri, 16 Aug 1996, Joe Greco wrote: > > > 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 .. I'd say man ifconfig - you don't even need to scroll the page to see reference to /etc/hosts. > > ... which doesn't work very well unless you twiddle host.conf to check hosts > before the resolver (something I always do anyways). > So how does my standalone FBSD box, where I run named - just for fun - is able to boot? ;-) -- Litvin Alexander <archer@cmr.kiev.ua>
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