[Guide; Linux; Ubuntu] Local server IP: 127.0.1.1 in ubuntu server

[jonasu]

Not sure if I'm the only one who had this problem but I would like to share this with you all as I couldn't find any soloution to this on otland. With a simple fix using WinSCP (in my case) this problem is long gone!

Problem:
The problem makes people unable to login to the server (you only get as far as the character list).

Fix: Locate to the /etc folder and find a file called "hosts". On the first two rows it says:

127.0.0.1	localhost
[COLOR="red"]127.0.1.1[/COLOR]	<ubuntu-server-name>

<ubuntu-server-name> = whatever your server name is (in my case "server").
Change this to the servers local ip (in my case 192.168.0.12):

127.0.0.1	localhost
[COLOR="red"]192.168.0.12[/COLOR]	<ubuntu-server-name>

There we go! Hope I've helped those who've had the same problem as I had.
If you have any questions, just ask!

Best regards,
Jonasu

 

[Herpicus]

How u opin /etc/hostz??
it says permission not allowed
how to fix men i ned quikly

 

[Herpicus]

@^

THENKS MEN! U FIXE MINE PROBLEMZ!

peoplez tri login all time but no woerk, they had conectsion loset

See top left they has DC but you fix! ty men rep++++

 

[jonasu]

Glad to hear i wasn't the only one who had these problems

 

[Kippetjee]

it fixed my problem too :d

 

[Korrex]

@^

THENKS MEN! U FIXE MINE PROBLEMZ!

peoplez tri login all time but no woerk, they had conectsion loset

See top left they has DC but you fix! ty men rep++++

What Linux dist is that?

 

[Cykotitan]

can't you read, it says Debian in computer name

 

[Alcik]

Great! I was looking for something like that. And just a question: Do I have to reset something after editing that file?

 

[Trazzt]

!!!!
sudo rm -rf will remove the hosts file
To find out what your local ip adres is run this:

/sbin/ifconfig

To edit the hosts file run this command in a Terminal window:

sudo nano /etc/hosts

When you're done, type CTRL+X and type Y and Enter to save and exit the file.