Am Donnerstag, 19. Oktober 2006 15:42 schrieb ext Chuanwen Wu: > # proftpd > - IPv6 getaddrinfo 'localhost' error: Name or service not known > > And my /etc/hosts is : > 127.0.0.1 localhost wcw-gentoo 1) This is not an IPV6 address. 2) Maybe not related, but anyway: Don't mess with localhost. Better give wcw-gentoo a real address (maybe from the private 192.168.x.x range). HTH... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: dirk.heinrichs@capgemini.com Hambornerstraße 55 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40472 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net