On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 02:54 -0700, jdow wrote: > So something like > " > 192.168.0.1 spoo.mylocal.domain > 127.0.0.1 localhost.local.domain localhost > 192.168.0.10 fubar.mylocal.domain > " > should work nicely for a host file It should. The warning is about not making a mess out of the 127.0.0.1 line, not that it has to be the first line. The warning makes a presumption that it is the first line, and that it hasn't already been modified by the time someone actually looks at the hosts file. All in all, it's very poorly worded. -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.