On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 11:49 +0200, antonio montagnani wrote: > I modified my host file adding a line: > > # Do not remove the following line, or various programs > # that require network functionality will fail. > 127.0.0.1 maxdata localhost.localdomain localhost > ::1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > Now the question is: why on system upgrading from FC6 to F7 line was > not added, while on fresh installations everything was fine??? Possibly because it's usually best not to change the local loopback lines, if you can help it. You need to be aware of the potential problems, particularly when you try to resolve some problem, later on. Fresh installs do tend to stick it in there, I've noticed. Thanks to that, I've a few things that think they're "localhost" rather than using a network address that's meaningful to something remote from the box. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ rm -rfd /*^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Huname -ipr 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
