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meaning of loghost in the hosts fil
Name: George Hill Date: December 25, 2002 at 00:18:15 Pacific OS: sun 2.7 CPU/Ram: x x
Comment:
hi ,everybody , I want to know what is the meaning of 'loghost' in the file /etc/hosts. can I change it another name ? eg the name of one of my NIC ( that is the content in the file /etc/hostname.hme0 ) ? Thank you so much !!
Name: David Perry Date: December 25, 2002 at 16:18:28 Pacific
Reply:
You machine wants to know where to send logger messages. They normally go to localhost in /var/adm/* but can be directed to a central logging machine if your network dictates. You can add other entries to the 127.0.0.1 line and the machine will respond to those as well. telnet localhost should always connect to itself.
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Name: George Hill Date: December 25, 2002 at 18:52:28 Pacific
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