On 28 Feb 2003, James Sparenberg wrote: > > But you are complaining about the wrong issue. The hostname should *not* > > be set to localhost.localdomain. If it has not been configured by the > > user it should be localhost. Hardcoding is the wrong approach, since it > > *will* result in it breaking again some time. > > > > What needs to be done is that if `hostname` does not resolve, then > > 127.0.0.1 `hostname` > > should be added to /etc/hosts > > > > This would solve it in all possible cases (but could take a few seconds > > to test). But what happens if the user changes their hostname? Should > > the entry be removed? > > Your right... it shouldn't work out of the box... solutions should not > be applied that make it easier for the end user to have a working box. > You win I give up. Completely. >
So, you read selectively. I don't see why I should restate anything I have said already, so, please go and reread the whole thread, since you obviously do not understand my position. Regards, Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
