java getLocalHost() UnknownHostException /etc/hosts file differs linux api?

Question

I have two redhat 6.3 machines, BOTH have no changes in /etc/hosts (ie. I have not added an ip address to them). On of my machines can run getLocalhost fine AND return the

Answer 1

ah, I stumbled upon the difference. In my /etc/sysconfig/network file, I had the FQDN on the working machine but on the other machine, I only had the hostname "b" so changing that to "b.domain.com" fixed the issue and I don't need to modify my /etc/hosts file at all!!!!

Dean