On Sunday 17 September 2006 10:46, jdow wrote: > From: "Anne Wilson" <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Adding the local hostname seems to be a Fedora thing, and I see no good > > reason > > for it. I would like to see the first line being the localhost line > > only. > > Where static IP has been set up the second line could, and I think > > should, be > > added to reflect that. > > Erm, you know the song from Fiddler on the Roof that goes, "Tradition > tradition!" That's what the contents of the hosts file are mostly. > SvR4 was the first 'ix I played with. (Yeah, I have one of the only > copies for the Amiga that ever escaped captivity - if the tape is > still readable somehow.) > > It was used to let the Ethernet interface know what address to use > as it came up. It could parse the file, look for the first line that > was NOT "localhost" and get its address from that. Precisely. Not from the localhost line. The two should be separate. Anne
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