Re: configuring loopback devices ?? (newbie)

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 08:27:41AM +0700, Boedi Marjono wrote:
> i need to configure loopback device (localhost) because if i try to ping
> localhost  ---> unknown localhost

I don't think you do.  What you probably need to do is put this entry
into your /etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain localhost

ping needs to have some way to know what IP address belongs to
localhost.  It deals only in numbers.

Cheers,
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