On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 08:41 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote: > On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 07:48 -0400, Alfred von Campe wrote: > > On May 20, 2006, at 7:33, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > > ><snip> > > > > Put the localhost name first in the line, like this: > > > > > > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost xxxxx yyyy.yyy > > > > I've seen this cause many problems with other tools as well (not just > > mysql). I always thought it was wrong to include the actual hostname > > in the localhost line, and it's one of the first thing I change after > > building a system. Does any one else think it's a good idea to > > include the hostname in this line? > > If you mean > > 127.0.0.1 mynodename ... > > instead of > > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain > > for example? > > From rom *everything* I have encountered and read (from knowledgeable > folks?), only "localhost" and closely related should be there. Your > "real" node name should be on a line that assigns it's real IP address. > > HTH > The problem is ... if you have DHCP ... you need the name of the machine in the same line, as your IP address changes -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060520/fb6c43c9/attachment-0005.sig>