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authorDJ Lucas <dj@linuxfromscratch.org>2017-03-08 00:47:35 +0000
committerDJ Lucas <dj@linuxfromscratch.org>2017-03-08 00:47:35 +0000
commitbd4a1d9bf993e0481da9365e9174213251b93a45 (patch)
tree3420faf82053f079b4873b825f16557f6d1d58cd /chapter07/networkd.xml
parent945b760f0cfd2559f49fabae5509af7d768c8f21 (diff)
Update /etc/hosts in network configuration.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11204 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter07/networkd.xml')
-rw-r--r--chapter07/networkd.xml19
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/chapter07/networkd.xml b/chapter07/networkd.xml
index 2087bc70f..1ce19b8c1 100644
--- a/chapter07/networkd.xml
+++ b/chapter07/networkd.xml
@@ -237,14 +237,18 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
<screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/hosts &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># Begin /etc/hosts
-127.0.0.1 <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME.example.org&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME&gt;</replaceable> localhost <replaceable>[alias1] [alias2] ...</replaceable>
-::1 <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME.example.org&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME&gt;</replaceable> localhost <replaceable>[alias1] [alias2] ...</replaceable>
+127.0.0.1 localhost
+127.0.1.1 <replaceable>&lt;FQDN&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME&gt;</replaceable>
+::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
+ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
+ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
# End /etc/hosts</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
<para>The ::1 entry is the IPv6 counterpart of 127.0.0.1 and represents
-the IPv6 loopback interface.</para>
+ the IPv6 loopback interface. 127.0.1.1 is a loopback entry reserved
+ specifically for the FQDN.</para>
<para>If using a static address, create the <filename>/etc/hosts</filename>
file by running this command instead:</para>
@@ -253,14 +257,17 @@ the IPv6 loopback interface.</para>
<literal># Begin /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
-::1 localhost
-<replaceable>&lt;192.168.0.2&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME.example.org&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>[alias1] [alias2] ...</replaceable>
+127.0.1.1 <replaceable>&lt;FQDN&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME&gt;</replaceable>
+<replaceable>&lt;192.168.0.2&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>&lt;FQDN&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>[alias1] [alias2] ...</replaceable>
+::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
+ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
+ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
# End /etc/hosts</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
<para>The <replaceable>&lt;192.168.0.2&gt;</replaceable>,
- <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME.example.org&gt;</replaceable>, and
+ <replaceable>&lt;FQDN&gt;</replaceable>, and
<replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME&gt;</replaceable> values need to be
changed for specific uses or requirements (if assigned an IP address by a
network/system administrator and the machine will be connected to an