loopback

[Nobody's Hero]

Hello,
I just cold installed an 11.0 box. I didn't configure the network card or bind dns during the install. I want to use sam but it is real slow because it wants to see a good network connection. I used to fake out the box with the loopback address. I forgot how to do it. Can someone tell me how. I think you assign the hostname as the loopback address, then sam will work faster. Help please.

[Marek Bednarczyk]

I do not know how to do this this way but you can use set_parms command instead. Run set_parms without parameters to see the options.

Good luck

Marek

[Nobody's Hero]

I was thinking of using the etc/hosts file. I know there is a way to do this because I have done it before. Those holiday Yinglings have burned brain cells.

[Clemens van Everdingen]

Hi,

Put in /etc/hosts file the following line:

127.0.0.1 localhost loopback

C.

[Nobody's Hero]

I understand the valid entry that needs to be in the host file for loopback. I want to trick the box, i cant remember to change loopback to the hostname or vice versa.

[Leif Halvarsson_2]

Hi,
If you have problem using SAM you can edit the file /etc/rc.config.d/netconf with your network settings.

[harry d brown jr · Accepted solution]

Why not just add the hostname to the loopback line in /etc/hosts?

live free or die
harry

[Pete Randall]

Like Harry said:

127.0.0.1 localhost loopback

ought to do it.

Yinglings? You must be in or near Pennsylvania?

Pete

[Nobody's Hero]

Yea Pete,

Just south of the line in Maryland.

Thanks for your help. The system thinks it is on the network now.

Bob