On Tuesday 30 November 2004 07:34, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am Di, den 30.11.2004 schrieb John Summerfield um 0:14: > > On Tuesday 30 November 2004 01:08, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > > "localhost" is no valid network hostname. > > > > localhost is a perfectly valid host name and is _the standard_ namd for > > the computer the program is running on. > > > > John > > As an addition to my other reply to your mail: you took out my words > from their context! This is at least unfair. > > --- quote from my reply to Bruce and his question quoted --- > > > But is that all I need? Do I need to give different computers > > different > > > names? They can't all be local.localhost, right? Does that mean I need > > a DNS? > > "localhost" is no valid network hostname. It is very trivial (with each > > --- end of quote --- > > I feel the context gives my statement a very different bias. > > Alexander I'm sorry that you feel that; on rereading I don't think you were as clear as you might have been. Further complaints to root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx :-) -- Cheers John
