Am 24.05.2024 um 08:05:43 Uhr schrieb Paul M Foster: > In my /etc/hosts file, there's a line: > > 127.0.1.1 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite > > I think Debian put it there.
Should be there so the hostname is resolvable - even when not in DNS. > Later in the file, I've got: > > 192.168.254.30 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite Check which program put that in here. I don't see a reason to have that here. > So there are two entries for the same (my) machine. Is this a problem? > Specifically, could it cause problems with email (Exim4 or OpenSMTPD)? If you operate mail servers, you must have a FQDN. .lan can't be used for the global DNS stuff, so set a proper FQDN that belongs to you. -- Gruß Marco Send unsolicited bulk mail to 1716530743mu...@cartoonies.org
