On Saturday, Dec 11th 2004 at 22:25 -0500, quoth Dan Jenkins: =>> -----Original Message----- =>> From: Steven W. Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =>> To: Greater New Hampshire Linux User Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =>> Sent: Sat Dec 11 16:56:21 2004 =>> Subject: I have a network problem with my hosts file :-( =>> =>> Here's the deal. =>> =>> 533 ls -l /etc/hosts =>> -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 264 Mar 7 2004 /etc/hosts =>> 534 > =>> =>> Here are the relevant entries from the file: =>> =>> 535 cat /etc/hosts =>> # Do not remove the following line, or various programs =>> # that require network functionality will fail. =>> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost =>> 192.168.0.4 saturn syslang.net =>> 192.168.0.2 uranus =>> 192.168.0.3 linus =>> =>> The problem is that I don't seem to be able to access anything in my hosts =>> file by name. I can ping 127.0.0.1 but I can't ping localhost. => =>check /etc/host.conf => =>It should say: => order hosts,bind
It does. => =>BTW, dig would reference a DNS server, not a hosts file, AFAIK. This is interesting. I did not know this. Epilogue: I don't know why, but now it all works again. Obviously a sign from the multiverse telling me I need to move to the next plane of existence. -- Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have .0. happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ ..0 Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- 000 individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? steveo at syslang.net _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
