Resolving the /etc/hosts localhost Issue in Apache

"This week I once again ran into a problem I've encountered before: issues caused by the default values in /etc/hosts used in several Linux distributions, including older versions of Debian and Ubuntu. It seems to have been fixed in Debian Lenny, but I've encountered it on at least one recently installed machine, so other applications may be overwriting the file incorrectly.

"The problematic localhost line in /etc/hosts looks like this:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

"Unfortunately, this setup confuses some applications."

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