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[Mark Haney]

Rashkae wrote:

> 
> 
> More to the point, a system with a static IP address would have it's
> hostname associated with that static IP, but since most non-server
> system don't have a static IP on hosts, and need to be able to resolve
> their own Hostname to an IP Address, and using 127.0.0.1 for that
> purpose has unintended consequences, the network config has to use
> something in the 127.x range.  Some distros might use 127.0.0.2, Debian
> (and Ubuntu) uses 127.0.1.1... the details don't matter.
> 
> Course, this was all very well explained in the article Noop found for
> us, which I found very educational.  I strongly suggest anyone wanting
> to debate the point read it thoroughly, and if he/she still disagrees,
> come back with something more than "well, I've never done it this way,
> so I think it's wrong."
> 

Again, if people bother to read these posts, I said that I phrased it 
badly when I said it was wrong.  I do however stand behind the fact that 
no other distro I am aware of (or using) does that.

I personally think setting things up that way is silly.  And never, in 
anything way shape or form have I encountered 'unintended consequences' 
having the hostname on the same line as the loopback.

Now, unless you have some proof of those consequences (and don't point 
NoOPs posts back to me, I cannot replicate the problem on any system I 
have) then I stand by my statements that it's silly and of /little/ use 
(other than Derek's development setup, which I fully understand.






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