Re: [TCLUG:2631] Samba setup

[Chris Kesler <chris@pconline.com>]

Do _not_ delete that.  That is the loopback address.  It's needed by some
programs that communicate via sockets (TCP/IP) on the local machine.

Don't take my word for it.  Check this site.
http://www.dmsa.unipd.it/andreap/nag/node66.html
However, the loopback interface is useful not only as an example in
networking books, or as a testbed during
development, but is actually used by some applications during normal
operation. Therefore, you always have to
configure it, regardless of whether your machine is attached to a network
or not. 

On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Sandipan Panigrahi wrote: 

> > 127.0.0.1    localhost    localhost.localdomain
> 
> Delete the "localhost.localdomain" and restart samba.
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