topic Re: ping localhost fails in Operating System - Linux

ping localhost fails

v_8 — Sat, 07 Jun 2003 08:33:51 GMT

In my RHL 8.0, I can "ping 127.0.0.1" but not "ping localhost". Replies with an "unknown host" error.

Re: ping localhost fails

Jerome Henry — Sat, 07 Jun 2003 10:23:24 GMT

In a shell enter neat, or redhat-config-network, or hit hat menur / system tools /control of network peripherical (could be slightly different name, I'm translating from my box on french menus), select your NIC, configure, and on the host section, check that you should have a line with '127.0.0.7 localhost.localdomain localhost' (being IP name Alias sections).
This effect is due to the fact that your IP is not linked to you machine short name.
Re-start network.
hth
J

Re: ping localhost fails

U.SivaKumar_2 — Sat, 07 Jun 2003 10:55:22 GMT

Hi,

Edit /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain

Save the file.

#ping localhost

that's it.

regards,
U.SivaKumar

Re: ping localhost fails

Caesar_3 — Sat, 07 Jun 2003 13:10:38 GMT

Hello!

Check the permisions of your /etc/hosts file
and see that you have read permisions on it.
If it's OK check that you have a line in the file /etc/hosts : 127.0.0.1 localhost
if not add it, then it should work.

Caesar