RE: [Cooker] mdk 7 - /etc/hosts

[Geoffrey Lee]

>
> Hi,
>
> Why is /etc/hosts setup as:
>
> 127.0.0.1     localhost.localdomain      localhost
>               ^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> by default.
>
> Why not:
>
> 127.0.0.1     localhost       nameofmachine
>




huh ? but what is wrong with the existing one ?

the middle column is for the dnsname of the machine, and the last one is for
the alias.



> Cheerio,
> Fred
>