Subject: telnet doesn't find localhost
Date: Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 10:45:11PM -0200
In reply to:Jeronimo Pellegrini
Quoting Jeronimo Pellegrini([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> Hello...
>
> This is probably a known problem. I checked the BTS some time ago,
> and tehre was a bug filed against telnet, I guess... It couldn't
> resolve "localhost".
>
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> I am a bit confused. man 5 hosts didn't help...
>
> Any ideas?
>
Just tried to telnet to localhost and it works fine (potato).
Have you modified the /etc/network/interfaces file? You might try
enabling the first line, ie
iface lo inet loopback
:-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-)
Wayne
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