Re: [gentoo-user] Why do we add the local host name to the 127.0.0.1 / ::1 entry in the /etc/hosts file?

> On 2021-02-21, at 17:23, Grant Taylor > wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm reading Kerberos - The Definitive Guide[1] and it makes the following > comment: > >> And to make matters worse, some Unix systems map their own hostname to >> 127.0.0.1 (the loopback IP address). > > This makes me think tha

[gentoo-user] Why do we add the local host name to the 127.0.0.1 / ::1 entry in the /etc/hosts file?

Hi, I'm reading Kerberos - The Definitive Guide[1] and it makes the following comment: And to make matters worse, some Unix systems map their own hostname to 127.0.0.1 (the loopback IP address). This makes me think that the local host name /shouldn't/ be included in the 127.0.0.1 (or ::1)