127.0.1.1 in /etc/hosts

[Wynona Stacy Lockwood]

Replace the line with the correct IP, and you should be fine. As long
as "localhost" resolves to 127.0.0.1 you should be fine.

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On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 4:47 PM, Stuart McGraw <smcg4191 at mtneva.com> wrote:
> What is the meaning of the line:
>
>   127.0.1.1  mymachine.xxx  mymachine
>
> in my /etc/hosts file?  It was put in there by a Xubuntu-17.10
> install (or to be more accurate, an Ubuntu server-17,10 + Xubuntu
> package install.)  I am installing some backup software (bacula)
> which for reasons I haven't delved into, dislikes (as in breaks)
> when it resolves "mymachine"s address and ends up with 127.0.0.1
> which is what happens when the above line is present in /etc/hosts.
>
> Will I break something else if I remove or replace the line
> with the machine's "real" ip address which keeps bacula happy,
> eg:
>
>   10.10.200.85  mymachine.xxx  mymachine
>
> ?  Thanks...
>
>
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