Bug 59801 - localhost. vs localhost.localdomain
Summary: localhost. vs localhost.localdomain
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-02-13 15:17 UTC by e
Modified: 2005-10-31 22:00 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-04-10 20:20:17 UTC
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Description e 2002-02-13 15:17:07 UTC 
Description of Problem:
Red Hat Linux uses localhost.localdomain for 127.0.0.1

Additional Information:
RFC1537 recommends against this (plus it has quite valid reasons).

Changing the /etc/hosts entry to be:

127.0.0.1 localhost. localhost.localdomain

Will avoid any compatability problems or problems with software starting up.

"localhost.localdomain -- just say no".
Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2002-02-13 19:25:45 UTC 
This seems like something thats been brought up before, surely a duplicate.
Comment 2 Jay Turner 2002-03-19 22:01:46 UTC 
I think we have this discussion every time that we release.  What's the
resolution now?
Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2002-04-10 20:23:54 UTC 
The resolution on os-devel-list was that changing it definitely breaks things still.
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