On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 09:33:11AM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 10:32:29AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > --- > > 127.0.0.1 kas localhost > > --- > > This realized, it was a quick fix: > > --- > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > --- > > > > If this entry prevents "hostname -f" and "hostname -d" from working, > > why does Debian create it? > > Debian doesn't, on any of my machines: > ... > Personally, what YOU had in /etc/hosts looks like something that was added > locally.
I had the same thing on one machine running unstable (hostname before localhost), but not on others running stable. I recently used the hostname command (followed by some grepping and editing other files under /etc) to change the host's name; maybe that was responsible for this format? -- Ken Irving, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
