/etc/hosts: hostname alias of loopback
Bug #234543 reported by
Tim Johnson
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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netcfg (Ubuntu) |
Opinion
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Opinion
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
There is a bug in /etc/hosts. Your hostname is NO alias of 127.0.1.1. Only "localhost" is an alias for the loopback. When an application want to know your ip adresss, it will get 127.0.1.1. But this is not your ip adress in your local network!
This is not right:
127.0.1.1 HOSTNAME
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in netcfg (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in netcfg (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Invalid → Opinion |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Invalid → Opinion |
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Thank for reporting this issue.
None of my various ubuntu computers has the hostname assigned to the local address in this file. How did you install and/or configure your computer?
Thanks