Postfix ( 127.0.0.1: address not listed for hostname localhost )

redhatdude at bellsouth.net redhatdude at bellsouth.net
Wed Dec 13 00:01:57 UTC 2006


On Dec 12, 2006, at 5:38 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote:

> redhatdude at bellsouth.net wrote:
>> How can I fix this?
>>
>> The log:
>>
>> Dec 12 12:37:45 imaps[12729]: login: localhost.localdomain [::1]
>> theusername plaintext+TLS User logged in
>> Dec 12 12:37:45 postfix/smtpd[12786]: warning: 127.0.0.1: address not
>> listed for hostname localhost
>> Dec 12 12:37:45 postfix/smtpd[12786]: connect from unknown[127.0.0.1]
>> Dec 12 12:37:45 postfix/smtpd[12786]: disconnect from unknown 
>> [127.0.0.1]
>
> Check your /etc/hosts entry for localhost?  The one shown in the error
> (::1) is an ip6 address.  Ensure that you also (or only if you don't
> need ip6) have one for 127.0.0.1:
>
> $ grep 127.0.0.1 /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain       localhost

Amazing, I didn't have an entry for 127.0.0.1, I thought that was  
created when I installed Fedora.
Thanks




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