On Thu, 23 May 2002, Randy Bush wrote:
> > Do you know if the original connection was over IPv4 or IPv6? (Since I
> > don't know whether your "localhost" is 127.0.0.1 or ::1)
>
> localhost is only 127.0.0.1
... but wasn't it you that was involved in a recent exchange about
"preferring IPv6 when possible" ? On my Solaris 8 box, built with IPv6
enabled, I see the following:
$ telnet localhost
Trying ::1...
telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
(of course, telnetd isn't running). There's no ::1 in /etc/hosts, which
confused me for a bit, until I remembered there's a new file callet
/etc/inet/ipnodes. But I guess this is all be very Solaris-specific.
> > But if you can help narrow it down, past evidence suggests Phil Hazel
> > will be very co-operative in fixing the bugs. :^)
>
> he just happens to have an old account on the box <grin>
But is about to go on vacation for a week. <wide grin>
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