Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 22:23:51 +0900 From: "Rommel B. Ikeda" <r_ikeda@i-international.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NOQUEUE: SYSERR (root): host "localhost" unknown ? Message-ID: <40069467.7020907@i-international.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0401151143150.6457@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> References: <20040114040832.6951.qmail@webmail-2-1.secureserver.net> <20040114081817.GA74603@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <1074165350.24553.9.camel@IBM-R40e.i-international.org> <Pine.GSO.4.58.0401151143150.6457@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
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Jan Grant wrote: >On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Rommel B. Ikeda wrote: > > > >>Thank you very much for the reply... >>This was what was in my /etc/hosts before your response... >> >> ::1 IBM-R40e IBM-R40e@point.ne.jp >> 127.0.0.1 IBM-R40e IBM-R40e@point.ne.jp >> 192.168.1.35 IBM-R40e IBM-R40e@point.ne.jp >> >>This is my new /etc/hosts now: >> ::1 localhost >> 127.0.0.1 localhost >> 10.0.0.1 IBM-R40e@point.ne.jp >> >> > >Domain names should not contain "@" characters. > > > >>I had to supply 10.0.0.1 IBM-R40e@point.ne.jp because Gnome 2 complains >>that it can not find it...So, I just invented it...I hope that it is >>right... >>One thing I do not I understand is that when I do: >> %host localhost. >>It will be give a "Host not found" response...But, my system is working >>fine...What do you think is wrong with it... >> >> > >The "host" command doesn't use the full resolver; it uses DNS queries >only. > > > > >Domain names should not contain "@" characters. This is my careless mistake...just a typographical error... Thanks for the suggestion and the answer... Rommel Ikeda
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