Am Di, den 13.01.2004 schrieb Mike Becker um 18:56: > Guys? > > I ask this question only because it is NOT in /etc/hosts of my FC1 > system -- is the loopback line in /etc/hosts still needed in FC1??? The > line I'm referring to is: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost [ snip ] This line is not mandatory and should there be in the hosts file. It is needed. Otherwise you will face some strange errors. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany PGP key valid: made 13.07.1999 PGP fingerprint: 2307 88FD 2D41 038E 7416 14CD E197 6E88 ED69 5653