On Thu 12 Jun 2014 at 16:23:37 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Brian wrote: > > Tom H wrote: > > > Brian wrote: > > > > Teresa e Junior wrote: > > > >> $ cat /etc/hostname > > > >> localhost > > ... > > True. What do think about the lack of '127.0.1.1 localhost' in > > etc/hosts? Squeeze and Wheezy installs would both put this line in. > > Process check! I think you have mixed up the two cases. Since a long > time now Debian installs a /etc/hosts file that will look like this: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost
Agreed. > 127.0.1.1 foo.example.com foo Agreed - sort of :). A line in /etc/hosts has the form IP_address canonical_hostname [aliases...] aliases are optional and the second field will always be the canonical hostname. What a Debian install puts for 127.0.1.1 depends on how the install took place. If the user just uses 'install' d-i can get /etc/hostname and the domain name from whatever dhcp server is being used. 127.0.1.1 foo.example.com foo is what the user could get. Suppose the server doesn't provide a domain name. Then she will have 127.0.1.1 foo because there is no need for an alias. For an expert install the hostname and domain name can be specified, so either 127.0.1.1 foo.example.com foo or, if the domain name is left blank, 127.0.1.1 foo would be seen. With preseeding the hostname can be be preseeded but not the domain name. So I'd expect both the previous two variants to be possible. I do not think we are in serious disagreement. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140613191542.gx17...@copernicus.demon.co.uk