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by **Eliot Sabath-Levit** » Mon, 23 Dec 1996 04:00:00

I just installed hylafax tonight. (Latest version, 4.0pl1 or something
like that.)

I faxsetup claims that I do have a faxq running, but when I try to get
fastat to tell me how it's doing, I get a "localhost" unknown host
message.

localhost), but once I started getting that message, I rebooted and have
also changed my /var/spool/fax/etc/hosts file to list

Any clues?

Thanks!

(Newbie--Day 4!!!)

by **Brian Wo** » Sat, 28 Dec 1996 04:00:00

: I just installed hylafax tonight. (Latest version, 4.0pl1 or something
: like that.)

: I faxsetup claims that I do have a faxq running, but when I try to get
: fastat to tell me how it's doing, I get a "localhost" unknown host
: message.

: localhost), but once I started getting that message, I rebooted and have
: also changed my /var/spool/fax/etc/hosts file to list

The "localhost" being referred to is not your (or anyone elses) machine
name but rather the "loopback" entry in your host table. Do a "route"
command to check that you have such an entry. Also make sure that your
kernel is configured for "loopback" support. Loopback is basically a
way for programs that communicate via network to talk to the local
machine even if you don't have any other network connection running.

: (Newbie--Day 4!!!)

If you have got this far in four days you are far above average :-)

--
Brian E.W. Wood

"Would you put your money in a bank which used Windows '95 to manage accounts?"

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Hylafax "localhost" unknown host?

Hylafax "localhost" unknown host?

Hylafax "localhost" unknown host?