connecting to localhost while off line
nstone
nstone at ispcp.freewayprojects.com
Sat Aug 2 19:06:59 UTC 2008
dave selby wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I cannot get access to my localhost when I am off line. Googleing
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/36754
> you have to amend /etc/hosts which I have done (my system name is
> dev-system) but this has still not resolved my problem.
>
> my /etc/hosts file is now ...
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost dev-system
> 127.0.0.1 localhost dev-system
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 127.0.1.1 dev-system
>
> # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
> ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
> fe00::0 ip6-localnet
> ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
> ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
> ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
> ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
>
> Can anyone help ?
you only need the one line
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost dev-system
what happens when you "ping dev-system" ?
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