Salman Ahmed writes: > What should I add to this file so I can ping from the machine itself by > giving its fqdn hostname ?
127.0.0.1 matrix.<domain-name> matrix localhost. With this line any process on the machine can reach the machine itself via the fqdn, the hostname, or just 'localhost'. Phil Brutsche writes: > Having matrix mapped to 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts isn't a good thing. Why? > It should look like this: > 192.168.9.31 matrix.<domain-name> matrix What use is such a line other than for reverse lookups? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
