Fargusson.Alan wrote:
I don't know if there is any actual standard for /etc/hosts entries. There is also no guarantee that /etc/hosts will have an entry for localhost, or the hostname of the system.
man hosts RFC 952 (maybe). I think you may have some problems if localhost doesn't resolve, and maybe if 127.0.0.1 doesn't reverse-resolve. -- Cheers John -- spambait [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
