diff -ur lam-7.1.2-orig/etc/lam-helpfile lam-7.1.2/etc/lam-helpfile
--- lam-7.1.2-orig/etc/lam-helpfile	2006-03-10 22:19:06.000000000 +0100
+++ lam-7.1.2/etc/lam-helpfile	2006-06-09 13:16:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -553,12 +553,12 @@
 # environment where remote lamds can not talk to the origin lamd.
 # %1 = name of the invoking program
 # %2 = name of offending host
-%1 found that the hostname "%2" resolves to 127.0.0.1.
+%1 found that the hostname "%2" resolves to "%3".
 
 When using LAM/MPI with more than one host, all hosts specified in the
 boot schema must resolve to an address that is reachable from all
-other hosts.  This is not possible with the special IP address
-127.0.0.1 -- by definition, 127.0.0.1 can *only* be reached from the
+other hosts.  This is not possible with the special IP addresses
+127.x.y.z -- by definition, 127.x.y.z can *only* be reached from the
 local host.
 
 In order to fix this problem:
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
 
             %2
 
-          does not resolve to 127.0.0.1.  
+          does not resolve to 127.x.y.z.  
 
 Note that in many recent Linux distributions, the host name of a
 machine will be added to /etc/hosts for the entry 127.0.0.1.  This is
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@
 correct.  The host name of the local machine should instead be in a
 separate entry with the IP address to which the name resolves.
 
-Also note that it is perfectly acceptable to use 127.0.0.1 when only
+Also note that it is perfectly acceptable to use "%3" when only
 *ONE* host is being used with LAM/MPI.
 -*-boot-ssi:selected-module-unavailable-*-
 # Invoked when a specific boot SSI module was requested on the command
diff -ur lam-7.1.2-orig/share/boot/lamnet.c lam-7.1.2/share/boot/lamnet.c
--- lam-7.1.2-orig/share/boot/lamnet.c	2006-02-24 00:27:13.000000000 +0100
+++ lam-7.1.2/share/boot/lamnet.c	2006-06-09 13:27:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@
           if (lamnet[i].lnd_nodeid == NOTNODEID)
             continue;
 
+	  if (inet_netof(lamnet[i].lnd_addr.sin_addr) == 127) {
+            free(ifaddr);
+            return(i);
+	  }
+
           for (j = 0; j < nifaddr; ++j) {
             if (ifaddr[j] == lamnet[i].lnd_addr.sin_addr.s_addr) {
               free(ifaddr);
diff -ur lam-7.1.2-orig/share/ssi/boot/globus/src/ssi_boot_globus.c lam-7.1.2/share/ssi/boot/globus/src/ssi_boot_globus.c
--- lam-7.1.2-orig/share/ssi/boot/globus/src/ssi_boot_globus.c	2006-02-24 00:27:11.000000000 +0100
+++ lam-7.1.2/share/ssi/boot/globus/src/ssi_boot_globus.c	2006-06-09 13:41:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -369,14 +369,14 @@
 
   /* If there is more than one node in the universe -- and we are not
      using the -l option -- ensure that the origin node does not
-     resolve to 127.0.0.1, or the remote nodes will NOT be sent info
+     resolve to 127.x.y.z, or the remote nodes will NOT be sent info
      back to lamboot */
 
   if (nnodes > 1 && !ao_taken(lam_ssi_boot_optd, "l")) {
-    if (strcmp("127.0.0.1",
-	       inet_ntoa(nodes[origin].lnd_addr.sin_addr)) == 0) {
+    if (inet_netof(nodes[origin].lnd_addr.sin_addr) == 127) {
       show_help("boot-ssi", "resolve-localhost",
-		"The boot SSI globus module", nodes[origin].lnd_hname);
+		"The boot SSI globus module", nodes[origin].lnd_hname,
+		inet_ntoa(nodes[origin].lnd_addr.sin_addr));
       return LAMERROR;
     }
   }
diff -ur lam-7.1.2-orig/share/ssi/boot/rsh/src/ssi_boot_rsh.c lam-7.1.2/share/ssi/boot/rsh/src/ssi_boot_rsh.c
--- lam-7.1.2-orig/share/ssi/boot/rsh/src/ssi_boot_rsh.c	2006-02-24 00:27:11.000000000 +0100
+++ lam-7.1.2/share/ssi/boot/rsh/src/ssi_boot_rsh.c	2006-06-09 13:29:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -357,14 +357,14 @@
 
   /* If there is more than one node in the universe -- and we are not
      using the -l option -- ensure that the origin node does not
-     resolve to 127.0.0.1, or the remote nodes will NOT be sent info
+     resolve to 127.x.y.z, or the remote nodes will NOT be sent info
      back to lamboot */
 
   if (nnodes > 1 && !ao_taken(lam_ssi_boot_optd, "l")) {
-    if (strcmp("127.0.0.1",
-	       inet_ntoa(nodes[origin].lnd_addr.sin_addr)) == 0) {
+    if (inet_netof(nodes[origin].lnd_addr.sin_addr) == 127) {
       show_help("boot-ssi", "resolve-localhost",
-		"The boot SSI rsh module", nodes[origin].lnd_hname);
+		"The boot SSI rsh module", nodes[origin].lnd_hname,
+		inet_ntoa(nodes[origin].lnd_addr.sin_addr));
       return LAMERROR;
     }
   }