topic Re: localhost entry in /etc/hosts in Operating System - HP-UX

localhost entry in /etc/hosts

f. halili — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 08:05:04 GMT

We have HPUX servers on 11.31. Our localhost enty is in this format which I kinda use for years now.

127.0.0.1 localhost loopback

There were recent changes on the DNS managed by another support group. Their recommendation is for us to create an entry something like:

127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.ourcompany.org

What do you think?

Thanks!

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Re: localhost entry in /etc/hosts

RJHall — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 20:58:17 GMT

I think I'd like to ask why they need a FQDN for a loopback address.

Re: localhost entry in /etc/hosts

Bill Hassell — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 23:48:29 GMT

It's just another alias to the IP address. The requisite names are already there so the extra one won't create any problems. Somebody probably Googled localhost and found an obscure document that suggests that an FQDN does something useful.

Re: localhost entry in /etc/hosts

f. halili — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:19:58 GMT

Thanks for the comments!