Subject: Re: /etc/hosts file
To: None <tcjam@voicenet.com>
From: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/30/1997 15:48:15
> Ok, I'm having those startup problems where it tries to add a route and
> anll I get is "File exists" I was just reading over a message from earlier
> and it said something about collapsing the ip addresses in /etc/hosts
> (127.1 as opposed to 127.0.0.1) And I was wondering what exactly is the
> proper format for my /etc/hosts file?
>
> # $NetBSD: hosts,v 1.2 1996/05/08 17:19:37 thorpej Exp $
> Should I have 127.1 or 127.0.0.1 and would this be causing the "File
> exists" errors that I'm getting from route?
I only see this error message after a crash. Following a successful
shutdown reboot, I have no problems. What is the situation when you are
getting this message? Every boot or just after a crash?
I'm not sure where the "file exists" error comes in, unless some kind of
pipe is created in the filesystem that's not getting cleared.
Hope this helps.
Later.
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Colin Wood ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant Rice University
Information Technology Services Houston, TX