Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 04:53:55 +0100 From: Oliver Fuchs <oliverfuchs@onlinehome.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unsure about /etc/hosts Message-ID: <20041123035355.GA1452@oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de> In-Reply-To: <41A27B24.7040700@nbritton.org> References: <20041122202506.GA2534@oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de> <41A27B24.7040700@nbritton.org>
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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Nikolas Britton wrote: > Oliver Fuchs wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I am at the moment unsure about the localhost entries in my /etc/hosts. > >From /usr/src/etc/hosts I have found this one: > > > ># Host Database > ># > ># This file should contain the addresses and aliases for local hosts that > ># share this file. Replace 'my.domain' below with the domainname of your > ># machine. > ># > ># > >::1 localhost localhost.my.domain > >127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain > > > >So my hostname is I.and.I so the /etc/hosts entry must be: > >::1 localhost localhost.and.I > >127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.and.I > > > >Now regarding some programs (e.g. mutt) this option is not able to deliver > >mail locally instead putting it in /var/spool/mqueue or > >/var/spool/clientmqueue. > > > >If I use this: > >::1 localhost I.and.I > >127.0.0.1 localhost I.and.I > > > >I have no problems with sending the mail locally. So I am a little bit > >confused about what is the correct way to define the localhost in > >/etc/hosts. > > > >Thanx in advance > > > >Oliver > > > > > I'd like to know this too as I have seen meny diffrent ways too layout > the hosts file. here what I got in mine: In the FAQs I finally have found a third one which I am now using: ::1 I.and.I I localhost 127.0.0.1 I.and.I I localhost > > ::1 localhost localhost.intranet > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.intranet > ::1 spectra spectra.intranet > 127.0.0.1 spectra spectra.intranet > > but this same hosts file also says to do it like this: > # Imaginary network. > #10.0.0.2 myname.my.domain myname > #10.0.0.3 myfriend.my.domain myfriend > > So which way do you list them. And say spectra.intranet (me) am I > suppost to list it as localhost or the real ip address? > > > -- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit
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