A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > Salman Ahmed writes: > > What should I add to this file so I can ping from the machine itself by > > giving its fqdn hostname ? > > 127.0.0.1 matrix.<domain-name> matrix localhost. > > With this line any process on the machine can reach the machine itself via > the fqdn, the hostname, or just 'localhost'.
True. > Phil Brutsche writes: > > Having matrix mapped to 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts isn't a good thing. > > Why? > > > It should look like this: > > 192.168.9.31 matrix.<domain-name> matrix > > What use is such a line other than for reverse lookups? Samba won't necessarily work if you don't have the hostname pointing to the IP in /etc/hosts. Admittedly if you don't use Samba then either method will work. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
