On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 11:06 +0100, William John Murray wrote: > I fixed this (using a random google) by changing /etc/hosts from: > 127.0.0.1 me.domain me localhost.localdomain localhost > to > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > So now ssh works again. But there is stern warning in /etc/hosts about > editing this line. > Have I done something bad? The warning is that the line should be as: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost And not modified from that (without concern for the consequences). Unfortunately, most people don't see that warning before the line has been modified. The warning is badly worded. If you have a network, then it'll have some other address than the local loopback ones (the 127.0.0.1 one), and that's where your hostname should be applied (to the interface between it and something else). This association does not have to be done using the hosts file, it can be done through DNS. -- (This box runs Centos 5.0, my others still run FC4, FC5, FC6 & FC7 in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
