Which of the following looks like a correct entry in the /etc/hosts file:
A.
localhost 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain
B.
localhost.localdomain localhost 127.0.0.1
C.
localhost localhost.localdomain 127.0.0.1
D.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
E.
localhost.localdomain 127.0.0.1 localhost
Explanation/Reference:
From the man pages:
/etc/hosts is a simple text file that associates IP addresses with hostnames, one line per IP address. For each host a single line should be present with the following information:
IP_address canonical_hostname [aliases…]Example:
127.0.0.1 localhost
:1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback