On Thursday 19 October 2006 14:56, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> 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).

Unless you are using an ISP that supports IPv6, I suggest that you use 
the -ipv6 USE flag.  Also, I have noticed on two machines of mine that unless 
you place localhost at the end of the line in your /etc/hosts, you will 
get "This is wcw-gentoo.(none) (Linux i686 2.6. . . .)" when you login.  Your 
domain will not be recognised.
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Regards,
Mick