On Sunday 17 September 2006 05:27, Tim wrote: > Tim: > >> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > >> > >> For some reason, Fedora likes to put the machine name into the 127.0.0.1 > >> line, sometimes, despite all the problems that it can cause. > > jdow: > > Did you do something silly like modify /etc/sysconfig/network? What > > does it currently say? It should say: > > NETWORKING=yes > > HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain > > > > If not you did something to modify it and you have localhost being > > renamed. Otherwise you may have nasty little spirits camping out > > digitally on your machine. > > Nup, nothing like that. I've seen quite a few machines that have the > machine name inserted there, by the routines that configure the network > settings for you on a freshly installed machine. > I've done three FC4 installs and a rawhide install, and the first line included the box's hostname every time. > Usually, the first time around, your machine is localhost.localdomain, > but sometimes if you've entered a hostname, even if you have a NIC, the > hostname is inserted into the local loopback address details. Usually, > *before* the localhost.localdomain details (of all the worst places to > do so). > IIRC it was always added at the alias end of the line. In theory I guess it shouldn't be too much of a problem, but although I can't remember the details it was a network problem that led me to find it in the first place. That's why I split the line to give a full line for the host address, and I've checked for it first thing ever since that first time. Anne
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