On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 12:56, Mike Becker wrote: > 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 > > Everything I read states this line is mandatory in Red Hat Linux 9, that > if this line is missing in /etc/hosts it should be added, and, indeed, > it is there in my RHL9 box but here in FC1, the line is missing. So too > on my friend's FC1 system. Since FC1 is RHL9-based, I have added to the > /etc/hosts script. > > Did I do wrong by adding this to /etc/hosts in my FC1 box? Is this > loopback address embedded elsewhere and so no longer located in > /etc/hosts? > > Any and all help will be greatly appreciated... Thanks for all of your input, guys, it is greatly appreciated! But I wonder how/why it had gone missing in the first place??? -- "Ain't Linux Fun!?!" Mike Becker -> k3ant@xxxxxxx <-
