On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 04:54 +1030, Tim wrote: > Paul Smith: > > >> I thank all of you who tried to help me. I do not have the file > >> /etc/hosts. > > > Alexander Dalloz: > > > You then by accident deleted that config file. Recreate it! It is > > necessary for enough applications to work properly. So for example your > > Gnome or KDE should complain at start for not being able to translate > > your hostname. > > I would have thought that, by now, at least localhost would have been a > default, with or without the hosts file. Even localhost.localdomain, > which seems a Linux, or Red Hat peculiarity. ---- one of the truly great things about Linux and I suppose Unix but my Unix experience truly lacks is that there aren't hidden values for things but they are there for you to view and change and possibly screw up. This is a virtue. ---- > > I'd agree, it should be re-instated. But I've noticed that my machines > will work without any specific local IP address in the hosts file if > they can resolve the IP through DNS (e.g. DHCPD set addresses), or > they're set to just be localhost.localdomain. ----- That is the point of DNS. That still doesn't consider the impact upon various daemon processes if /etc/hosts doesn't have at least that one entry line for localhost... Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
