hostname doesn't stick

[Tim]

On Sat, 2006-09-16 at 23:31 -0700, jdow wrote:
> Given what the hosts file is for the ORDER does not matter. But the
> 127.0.0.1 line MUST be present.

I'm not sure that's true.

Localhost ought to be 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.0.1 ought to be localhost.
The first one in the list is the one that is returned as an answer to a
query about the name for the IP.

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