On 19 Oct 2000, Allan M. Wind wrote: > On 2000-10-19 09:40:41, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > I think I *may* have fixed it by changing the order of entries in > > /etc/hosts. I had 127.0.0.1 local host first and other entries later; > > now I have: > > > > 127.0.0.1 acampbell.cix.co.uk > > 127.0.0.1 ac > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > That seems broken, shouldn't it be: > > 127.0.0.1 acampbell.cix.co.uk ac localhost > > > /Allan > -- > Allan M. Wind email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > P.O. Box 2022 finger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (GPG/PGP) > Woburn, MA 01888-0022 > USA >
I don't know. It seems to work both ways. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.2 (Windows-free zone) Over 100 book reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/bookreviews/ Skeptical articles: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/freethinker/ "Palo y tente tieso." (Spanish proverb) Free translation: "Holdfast is your only dog."