On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > > > w.x.y.z fnote.debian.org fnote www oranythingelseyouwant > > > > but real dns men, put w.xy.z and its reverse into a dns file and only > > define localhost in /etc/hosts > > I do NOT have any primary nor own IP address, than do NOT put in anything else other than the 3 fields of 127.0.0.1 do not put fnote or anythign else not related to "localhost" (aka 127.*) when your isp or coffee house let's you connect, they will give you static iP# and/or dhcp ... > What is correct then? already posted previously > use random IP and reconfigure notebook whenever it's > used in a network? yah... only if you like to break things and experiment > -s, --short > Display the short host name. This is the host name cut at the > first dot. > > people would expext it's the "host name" (as returneg by gethostname) and > not "fqdn" cut, right? hostname -s should return www hostname -f should return www.debian.org hostname -d should return debian.org this a classic simple minded test to see whether dns and /etc/hosts is configured right or not and do the same/similar simple tests for reverse dns of ip# c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
