On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 15:46 +0100, LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:
Found something. Where does an entry of 127.0.0.2 with <hostname> come from in hosts? I deleted it and Online Update Configuration is running again.
I think it comes from Yast. It is done (I guess) so that if you access the local machine it will resolve the name in /etc/hosts and get a loopback address (127.x.x.x). That way you do not use your network card to access the local machine. It is done for speed and efficiency reasons. This has been done for quite some time. I am not sure how this could effect any external access. I would imagine you should not just delete the entry for your local machine. Perhaps set it to your local IP address as used on your network card. Otherwise any references to your local machine (unless it is in the DNS) will fail. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- "On two occasions I have been asked (by members of Parliament!), 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. - Charles Babbage 1791-1871) English computer pioneer, philosopher And remember: It is RSofT and there is always something under construction. It is like talking about large city with all constructions finished. Not impossible, but very unlikely. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org