Forum OpenACS Q&A: Problem with localhost

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1: Problem with localhost
Posted by Peter Wang on 09/28/04 08:34 AM
Hi,
i was wondering if anyone could help me with a localhost problem... i installed openacs and dotlrn on my laptop and it was working fine. i just got internet access for it yesterday, and now when i try to run dotlrn or oacs, it says: "Fatal: could not resolve localhost.localdomain via dns". i tried experimenting with the hostname and address values to no avail... does anyone know what i should do? (the internet access is through a router, and is assigned an ip address of 192.168.0.103)
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2: Re: Problem with localhost (response to 1)
Posted by Cathy Sarisky on 09/28/04 07:40 PM
Try an entry in your /etc/hosts file for localhost.localdomain.  (That assumes this is a linux box.  If it's something else, you have the equivalent file, but the path will vary.)
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3: Re: Problem with localhost (response to 1)
Posted by Peter Wang on 09/29/04 03:50 AM
Thanks Cathy,
it did the trick! =)