Connection Refused

[Chuck Allison]

Hello The,

Thursday, May 29, 2003, 2:25:21 PM, you wrote:

TH> Make sure that there is an entry in /etc/hosts like:

TH> 127.0.0.1  localhost.localdomain localhost

Interestingly enough, it has my 10. address instead:

10.0.0.5  localhost.localdomain localhost

So I guess localhost is not set up for loopback. I'll change it back
to 127.0.0.1.

TH> This tells your system the the name localhost.localdomain or local host 
TH> equates to the local address 127.0.0.1

TH> On Thursday 29 May 2003 02:08 pm, The Hawklord wrote:
>> Your /etc/hosts file must be empty
>>
>> On Thursday 29 May 2003 02:02 pm, Chuck Allison wrote:
>> > Hello Jesse,
>> >
>> > Thursday, May 29, 2003, 1:21:55 PM, you wrote:
>> >
>> > JS> can you ping localhost?  What about 127.0.0.1 - You also might want
>> > to JS> try using just your ip address instead of localhost in the browser
>> > url.
>> >
>> > I can ping the IP but not localhost. I can use swat that way. So
>> > what's wrong with localhost? How can I get that to work also? Thanks.




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 Chuck Allison (The Harmonious CodeSmith)
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