unsure about /etc/hosts

[Oliver Fuchs]

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Nikolas Britton wrote:

> Oliver Fuchs wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >I am at the moment unsure about the localhost entries in my /etc/hosts. 
> >From /usr/src/etc/hosts I have found this one:
> >
> ># Host Database
> >#
> ># This file should contain the addresses and aliases for local hosts that
> ># share this file.  Replace 'my.domain' below with the domainname of your
> ># machine.
> >#
> >#
> >::1			localhost localhost.my.domain
> >127.0.0.1		localhost localhost.my.domain
> >
> >So my hostname is I.and.I so the /etc/hosts entry must be:
> >::1			localhost localhost.and.I
> >127.0.0.1		localhost localhost.and.I
> >
> >Now regarding some programs (e.g. mutt) this option is not able to deliver
> >mail locally instead putting it in /var/spool/mqueue or
> >/var/spool/clientmqueue.
> >
> >If I use this:
> >::1			localhost I.and.I
> >127.0.0.1		localhost I.and.I
> >
> >I have no problems with sending the mail locally. So I am a little bit
> >confused about what is the correct way to define the localhost in
> >/etc/hosts.
> >
> >Thanx in advance
> >
> >Oliver
> > 
> >
> I'd like to know this too as I have seen meny diffrent ways too layout 
> the hosts file. here what I got in mine:

In the FAQs I finally have found a third one which I am now using:

::1			I.and.I I localhost
127.0.0.1		I.and.I I localhost

> 
> ::1                localhost localhost.intranet
> 127.0.0.1     localhost localhost.intranet
> ::1                spectra spectra.intranet
> 127.0.0.1     spectra spectra.intranet
> 
> but this same hosts file also says to do it like this:
> # Imaginary network.
> #10.0.0.2               myname.my.domain myname
> #10.0.0.3               myfriend.my.domain myfriend
> 
> So which way do you list them. And say spectra.intranet (me) am I 
> suppost to list it as localhost or the real ip address?
> 
> 
> 

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