Re: [LI] Web Server problem solved

[Bilal Muddassir <noorh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From the comments inside my /etc/hosts

# By the way, Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@xxxxxxxxxxx> says that 127.0.0.1
# should NEVER be named with the name of the machine.  It causes problems
# for some (stupid) programs, irc and reputedly talk. :^)

About /etc/HOSTNAME

A FQDN describes your complete name which means host name and domain name.
I cannot tell you the programs which might be offended if /etc/HOSTNAME
does not have the domain name part. :/

On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Rajesh Fowkar wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> > the /etc/HOSTNAME should better contain FQDN
> > which means rajesh.rajesh.com is better content
> > 
> why rajesh.rajesh.com is better. Currently I have only rajesh.
> Can you please elaborate.
> 
> > the /etc/hosts should have a separate line for the localhost
> > so 
> > 127.0.0.1 localhost 
> > is enough
> > but there should be another one for your domain name/host name
> > 0.0.0.0 rajesh.rajesh.com rajesh
> 
> Why 0.0.0.0 needed ?
> My web server is working with
> 127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost rajesh 
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
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