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Re: Address 127.0.1.1

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On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 08:05:43AM -0400, Paul M Foster wrote:
> Folks:
> 
> In my /etc/hosts file, there's a line:
> 
> 127.0.1.1 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite
> 
> I think Debian put it there.

Correct.  This is the address that will be used if you don't have a
static LAN address.

> Later in the file, I've got:
> 
> 192.168.254.30  yosemite.mars.lan   yosemite

Since you *do* have a static LAN address, you can use this one instead.
(Assuming this address actually *does* get assigned to an interface.)
The 127.0.1.1 address isn't needed in this case.

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Address 127.0.1.1 Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2024-05-24 14:10 +0200
  Re: Address 127.0.1.1 Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-05-24 14:20 +0200
  Re: Address 127.0.1.1 Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2024-05-24 14:40 +0200
  Re: Address 127.0.1.1 Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-05-24 16:50 +0200
    Re: Address 127.0.1.1 <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-05-24 17:20 +0200
      Re: Address 127.0.1.1 <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-05-24 17:30 +0200
      Re: Address 127.0.1.1 Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-05-24 17:30 +0200
        Re: Address 127.0.1.1 Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-05-24 17:50 +0200
          Re: Address 127.0.1.1 Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2024-05-24 18:20 +0200
          Re: Address 127.0.1.1 Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-05-24 18:50 +0200
            Re: Address 127.0.1.1 Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2024-05-24 19:20 +0200
              Re: Address 127.0.1.1 Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-05-24 23:40 +0200
            Re: Address 127.0.1.1 Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-05-24 19:40 +0200
      Re: Address 127.0.1.1 Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-05-24 18:50 +0200
        Re: Address 127.0.1.1 <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-05-24 19:20 +0200
  Re: Address 127.0.1.1 Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-05-24 19:50 +0200
    Re: Address 127.0.1.1 Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-05-24 20:00 +0200
      Re: Address 127.0.1.1 Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-05-24 20:30 +0200
        Re: Address 127.0.1.1 debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2024-05-24 23:30 +0200
  Re: Address 127.0.1.1 Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-05-24 19:50 +0200
    Re: Address 127.0.1.1 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-05-24 19:50 +0200

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