Is it valid that localhost appears in multiple lines in linux hosts file?

Question

hosts file:

127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain

192.168.30.133 localhost machinename

Is it valid that localhost appears in multiple lines?

This might be valid, but it probably won't do what you want. [What is the real problem you are trying to solve?](http://meta.stackexchange.com/q/66377/189912) — Michael Hampton, Aug 01 '13 at 23:59

imel96 · Answer 1 · 2013-08-01T23:48:02.440

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Yes, a name can have multiple IP addresses But it wouldn't work as in DNS because it will only return the first match.

edited Aug 01 '13 at 23:48

answered Aug 01 '13 at 23:08

imel96

thanks, then if I type localhost in browser how to get resolved? – performanceuser Aug 01 '13 at 23:10
@performanceuser I've updated my answer. – imel96 Aug 01 '13 at 23:48

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 02 '13 at 01:00

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It isn't going to hurt anything, especially in the way you show it with your loopback address and then the local machine address.

answered Aug 02 '13 at 01:00

eric

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