Loopback question???

Alexander Dalloz alexander.dalloz at uni-bielefeld.de
Tue Jan 13 18:22:55 UTC 2004


Am Di, den 13.01.2004 schrieb Mike Becker um 18:56:
> Guys?
> 
> I ask this question only because it is NOT in /etc/hosts of my FC1
> system -- is the loopback line in /etc/hosts still needed in FC1???  The
> line I'm referring to is:
> 
> 127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost

[ snip ]

This line is not mandatory and should there be in the hosts file. It is
needed. Otherwise you will face some strange errors.

Alexander


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