2 DNS, one machine

[jdow]

From: "Alexander Dalloz" <ad+lists at uni-x.org>
Am Di, den 30.11.2004 schrieb John Summerfield um 0:14:

> On Tuesday 30 November 2004 01:08, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> > "localhost" is no valid network hostname.
>
> localhost is a perfectly valid host name and is _the standard_ namd for
the
> computer the program is running on.

localhost is valid for a standalone host. It will not be proper in a
networked environment. Therefor for example the ifup script will change
the hostname when it is set to localhost and the host is getting his IP
by a DHCP server.

> John

Alexander, when did "localhost" stop being a standard name for the
127.0.0.0 class-A network with the 127.0.0.1 address being the one
most commonly used? Check your hosts file.

{o.o}