[lug] strange name resolving/ftp

[D. Stimits]

I've been playing with ftp config on a RH 7.1 beta machine (isolated
from Internet, behind a firewall), and discovered something strange. I
can do "ftp localhost" and "ftp 127.0.0.1", and get quite different
results. The hosts file has both listed correctly, and ping is exactly
the same, regardless of pinging localhost or 127.0.0.1. The odd thing is
that I can ftp localhost and it works, but ftp 127.0.0.1 results in
421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection

I have experimented, and I can sometimes reverse this, where I can ftp
127.0.0.1 and it now works, but then ftp localhost fails. I can't get it
to allow ftp with both forms at the same time. Does anyone have a
suggestion for this?

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com