Re: Quick question on hostname config.

[Martin P Holland <nospam [at] noether.freeserve.co.uk>]

On Wed, 09 Feb 2000, Barrie Bremner wrote:
>Hello all.
>
> How should I config my hostname?
>
> Right now my machine is arrakis.localdomain (192.168.0.1), and I
>connect to the Inter-hairnet via freenet.co.uk.
>
> Does it matter how I config the hostname?

I presume that you have something like:

127.0.0.1               localhost
192.168.0.1             arrakis.localdomain    localdomain

(fields separated by tabs)

in /etc/hosts and (important) that 192.168.0.1 is associated with an interface
such as eth0 or dummy(0) with appropriate ifconfig/route commands. In that case
at bootup you want hostname to be set to arrakis. (If you are a RH
victim the /etc/sysconfig/network is the place to set this.) If you are using
sendmail then make sure you set up masquerading for your freenet account.

atb
Martin  
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http://www.shef.ac.uk/~pm1mph



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