On Lu, 13 feb 12, 03:16:17, Martin T wrote: > During Debian installation there is a question about "hostname" using > expert installation mode. During normal mode as well ;)
> Am I correct, that "hostname" inserted during Debian installation is > associated with a local(address from 127.0.0.0/8 range) IP address: > > <<<<< > martin@martin-ThinkPad-T60:~$ hostname > martin-ThinkPad-T60 > martin@martin-ThinkPad-T60:~$ grep martin-ThinkPad-T60 /etc/hosts > 192.168.1.67 martin-ThinkPad-T60 > ::1 martin-ThinkPad-T60 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6 > 127.0.1.1 martin-ThinkPad-T60 > martin@martin-ThinkPad-T60:~$ > >>>>> Yes, as you have shown > ..and it's used by few software programs(for example Apache, MySQL), > but hostname is usable only locally and not reachable from any other > machine even inside the LAN? This depends a lot on the rest of your network, but I assume you have complete control over it and you would have known if you did some configuration for that (e.g. added it to /etc/hosts on another computer). > In addition, aren't most of the programs > using 127.0.0.1 address which is mapped to "localhost" in /etc/hosts > file not to hostname I set: > > <<<<< > martin@martin-desktop:~$ sudo netstat -lnpt > Active Internet connections (only servers) > Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address > State PID/Program name > tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:8118 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN 1233/polipo > tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN 1057/cupsd > tcp6 0 0 ::1:631 :::* > LISTEN 1057/cupsd > martin@martin-desktop:~$ > >>>>> > > If yes, then changing the hostname shouldn't break any > services/programs associated with it? > > All the explanations and clarifications are most welcome! 1. grep -r martin-ThinkPad-T60 /etc/* 2. change all occurrences 3. restart Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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