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Title: Telnet reports "unknown host"

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Telnet reports "unknown host"

Telnet reports "unknown host"

Symptom:

Telnet reports the following error: a
telnet "IP address"
works, but a
telnet "host"
does not. The host name is not correctly solved, although
/etc/hosts
is correctly (supposedly) set.

Cause:

A line's end might be missing in your hosts file.

Solution:

Get into the directory
/etc
, log yourself in as user root and edit the file hosts. Ensure that every line is also finished with a line feed (that is enter a RETURN after the entry).

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Keywords: 4.3, TELNET, HOST, NETWORK

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