Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 01:10:32 +0300 From: Fadi Sodah <sodah@qatar.net.qa> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Weird problem with "talk" about an "Unknown host". Both user are logged on the same machine! Message-ID: <3DED2BD8.BB3C68EB@qatar.net.qa> References: <3660A1F0.A1C246F4@aei.ca> <19981129124434.A9959@rucus.ru.ac.za> <36623D06.54B454BC@aei.ca> <19981130120028.A15989@scientia.demon.co.uk>
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Ben Smithurst wrote: > Malartre wrote: > > > And then did that: /etc/hosts > > > > # 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain myname.my.domain > > 127.0.0.1 f00f.org > > It might be a good idea to have something like > > 127.0.0.1 localhost f00f.org > > Some things may rely on being able to resolve "localhost", and others > may even want the first name for 127.0.0.1 to be "localhost". f00f.org > will still resolve to 127.0.0.1 using the above line. > > In my /etc/hosts I have: > > 212.228.14.13 scientia.demon.co.uk scientia > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 158.152.1.222 demon-du.demon.co.uk demon-du > > So I can access my machine as either scientia.demon.co.uk (its real name), > scientia, or localhost. The demon-du line is just to prevent dialups when > the daily script does "netstat -i", and tries to resolve 158.152.1.222 > (the remote IP for tun0). > > > PS: I did a kill -HUP 1 before testing the new config > > I'm not sure why, but it won't hurt anything :-) > hi BSD 's i am facing prob to run talk-command when i type talk to reach another user on my machine (localhost) i keep getting [No connection yet] [Checking for invitation on caller's machine] [Checking for invitation on caller's machine] [Checking for invitation on caller's machine] ..... what could be wrong? thx Fadi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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