[PLUG] /etc/hosts

[Timothy Grant]

On Thursday 27 March 2003 09:18 pm, Paul R. Johnston wrote:
> I have a single Linux box (RH7.3) and no home network...yet.  I am still
> doing dial-up Internet.
>
> What should I have in /etc/hosts?  I have checked several Linux books and
> Google, and am still scratching my head about what would be best here.

Pretty much anything that you're not going to get served via DNS.

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain	localhost

# Your machine's primary IP address if it has one.
aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd hostname.domainname.xxx   hostname 

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Stand Fast,
    tjg.

Timothy Grant
www.craigelachie.org