Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 16:38:16 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: Kevin Havener <kevin.havener@afccc.af.mil> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't resolve localhost Message-ID: <20000320163816.A17092@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <38D6394D.8A62059D@afccc.af.mil> References: <38D6394D.8A62059D@afccc.af.mil>
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Kevin Havener wrote: > I suddenly can't resolve localhost. I found this when I tried > fetching my mail with fetchmail. It gave me this error message. ... > $ more /etc/hosts > 127.0.0.1 localhost #there is a tab here. Is this tab sensitive? > #just tried it without --doesn't seem to be No, AFAIK both spaces and tabs are fine. > $ more /etc/host.conf > # $Id: host.conf,v 1.5 1998/11/16 02:02:30 jkh Exp $ > # First try the /etc/hosts file > hosts > # Now try the nameserver next. > bind > # If you have YP/NIS configured, uncomment the next line > # nis Strange. I don't see why that wouldn't work. You could try adding "localhost.your.domain" as another name for 127.0.0.1, but I don't think that matters (it doesn't seem to here). What do you get if you kdump the output of "ktrace ping localhost", for example? > # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # > ifconfig_ppp0="inet netmask 255.255.255.0" > moused_enable="YES" > defaultrouter="NO" > network_interfaces="ppp0 lo0" > hostname="freebsd" > linux_enable="YES" > lpd_enable="YES" > browserPackage="lynx" ah... where's the ifconfig_lo0 line? That could cause problems. You need ifconfig_lo0="127.0.0.1" -- Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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