Alan, > That smells like someone manually created it. 127.anything, not just > 127.0.0.2, is localhost.
No. I just reinstalled SLES 10 SP2 to test. On the "Hostname and Domain Name" panel in the second half of the install I uncheck "Change Hostname via DHCP" and leave "Write Hostname to /etc/hosts" checked. Same /etc/hosts on the new system: # tail -1 /etc/hosts 127.0.0.2 gpok149.endicott.ibm.com gpok149 "Mike MacIsaac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (845) 433-7061 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390