strange, but in debian i have the following /etc/hosts :
Luca Bruno
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This is a tricky question :)
Short answer: both are correct, the difference is that debian installation was done with an already configured 192.168.1.0/24 address, while the ubuntu one not, thus it is using a loopback address (the entire 127.0.0.0/8 is assigned to loopback, so 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.1.1 are almost equivalent).
Long answer: local machine naming is a tricky matter, which may impact on applications in a wide variety of ways, in particular for roaming machines. The scheme for /etc/hosts naming and the pattern you are seeing are a result of some discussions, which can be read through the log of bug #247734.
Adel Moin
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For me it’s…
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 debian.home.gateway debian
But I’m not sure if this means something is wrong with your /etc/hosts file…
Luca Brivio
For me (Debian squeeze/sid) it’s:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 myhostname.residential.fw myhostname
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
Joachim Breitner
If you want to avoid having your hostname hardcoded in /etc/hosts, have a look at libnss-myhostname
noname noname
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I want my system just work correct. Do not care about hostname hardcoded or not. So I may leave it as it is now?
Adel Moin
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If everything is working fine… There doesn’t seem to be a problem.