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Why can I connect using IORs from a Linux server when the IOR contains 127.0.0.0 as the host address?

April 26, 2017address Connect host ior linux server

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Why can I connect using IORs from a Linux server when the IOR contains 127.0.0.0 as the host address?

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On Red Hat Linux installations InetAddress.getLocalHost() may return an InetAddress corresponding to the loopback address (127.0.0.1). This arises because the default installation creates an association in /etc/hosts between the hostname of the machine and the loopback address. To ensure that InetAddress.getLocalHost() returns the actual host address, update the /etc/hosts file or the name service configuration file (/etc/nsswitch.conf) to query dns or nis before searching hosts.