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[Elton Woo]

On September 27, 2003 08:55 pm, Dave Ashby <Dave Ashby 
<dave.ashby at 1993.usna.com>> wrote:
> >My /etc/hosts file:
> ># Do not remove the following line, or various programs
> ># that require network functionality will fail.
> >127.0.0.1      localhost.localdomain   localhost
> >127.0.0.1      dhcp-133-74             localhost
> >
> >Sendmail doesn't hang, it just takes so bloody looong! I've just
> >disabled it from startup services, and the boot process is much,
> >MUCH quicker!!
> >
> >  
>
> Sorry if my misspeak confused you - Sendmail should eventually recover
> and move on, it just takes a while. I had similar observable until I
> moved my localhost entry from last line of /etc/hosts to first line. It
> looks like this now:
>
> # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
> # that require network functionality will fail.
>  
> 127.0.0.1       Seminole.cxm    Seminole
> 192.168.1.101   Seminole        Seminole
>
> I'm thinking the double entry for 127.0.0.1 is what is hanging you up.
No. I've always found sendmail slow to load, and AFAIK, I don't really
need it as this is a standalone machine connected to the Internet via
cable. That additional line in my hosts file is to prevent Gnome from
constantly griping about not finding dhcp-133-74, that's all!

Elton ;-)
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