> John R Pierce wrote: > indeed, having the hostname bound to the loopback interface seems to > break a bunch of our java stuff too. first thing we've always had to > do after a CentOS/RHEL install is change /etc/hosts, and put the > hostname on its own line with the static IP, or leave it out entirely. > John, Hit that nail on the head and exactly what I was describing. Thing is, why does upstream and/or other distros do that? What is the reasoning? We should understand it if there is such a thing yet it appears many of us change it regardless. I do know a several people that are not aware of it when they do installs... and I have to remind or fix. - rh