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Date: Sat Oct 13 14:51:02 2001
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On 2001.10.08 12:34 Aron Griffis wrote:
> Hi Woodchip,
> 
> Woodchip wrote:	[Mon Oct 08 2001, 05:24:12AM EST]
> > Note, it is *incorrect* to list localhost before
> > localhost.localdomain. The FQDN needs to be first, followed by any
> > aliases you want to use.
> 
> Actually, I think you may be wrong in this case.  You are correct about
> putting FQDN first, but in this case, "localhost" may be the
> fully-qualified domain, and "localhost.localdomain" may be the alias,
> since there is no actualy domain called "localdomain".
> 
> If you list "localhost" first, then programs that resolve IP->name using
> /etc/hosts via the gethostby*() functions will resolve
> 127.0.0.1->localhost, which in my experience is desirable over
> 127.0.0.1->localhost.localdomain.
> 
> Aron

I stand corrected from my previous post... :) Personally, I haven't really
found any issues with using localhost after localhost.localdomain. That's
just the way I've always done it.