hosts file

[eoghan]

Bob Bomar wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 16:43 +0000, eoghan wrote:
>> Hi
>> Has anyone got an example of how the hosts file should be setup to allow 
>> locahost to work in a browser? Mine doesnt work anymore unless i go 
>> through the ip. This is when i start apache, maybe there is some other 
>> place i need to set it? The httpd.conf has localhost in it...
>> Thanks
>> Eoghan
> 
> Do you have the entry:
> 
> ::1                     localhost localhost.my.domain
> 127.0.0.1               localhost localhost.my.domain
> 
> In your /etc/hosts file?
> 

Hi
Yes, mine reads:
::1		localhost nathaniel
127.0.0.1	localhost nathaniel
Upon starting apache, i can only get to it by using the ip.
127.0.0.1 wont work either. I just get the unable to connect message 
from the browser. Any ideas?
Thanks
Eoghan