On 11/19/12 5:26 AM, bugs@ttyhoney.com wrote:
> What I expect:
> localhost means 127.0.0.1 if IPv4 is available OR ::1 if IPv6 is available.
> This is a logical OR, that means booth at the same time are possible.
there's no magic to the name localhost, its just a hostname like any other.
whats in your /etc/hosts file?
I've seen systems where localhost is 127.0.0.1 and localhost6 is ::1...
RHEL systems come that way.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6
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