[Bug 234543] Re: /etc/hosts: hostname alias of loopback

[typo]

You might also like to have a look at:
http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/nss-myhostname/

nss-myhostname is a plugin for the GNU Name Service Switch (NSS)
functionality of the GNU C Library (glibc) providing host name
resolution for the locally configured system hostname as returned by
gethostname(2). Various software relies on an always resolvable local
host name. When using dynamic hostnames this is usually achieved by
patching /etc/hosts at the same time as changing the host name. This
however is not ideal since it requires a writable /etc file system and
is fragile because the file might be edited by the administrator at the
same time. nss-myhostname simply returns all locally configure public IP
addresses, or -- if none are configured -- the IPv4 address 127.0.0.2
(wich is on the local loopback) and the IPv6 address ::1 (which is the
local host) for whatever system hostname is configured locally. Patching
/etc/hosts is thus no longer necessary.

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Title:
  /etc/hosts: hostname alias of loopback

Status in “netcfg” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  There is a bug in /etc/hosts. Your hostname is NO alias of 127.0.1.1.
  Only "localhost" is an alias for the loopback. When an application
  want to know your ip adresss, it will get 127.0.1.1. But this is not
  your ip adress in your local network!

  This is not right:
  127.0.1.1	HOSTNAME

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