On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 09:24:59AM -0400, Ro BGCT wrote: > > I am new to FreeBSD and am wondering if someone couldt tell me how to > properly set /etc/hosts. Right now it is: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain > > It says to replace "my.domain" with the domain name of my machine. If > I am using this box remotely and its hostname is "web1.server.net", > would I make the change like: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost web1.server.net > > Or am I doing it wrong?
You should only replace the "my.domain" part with the 2nd level domain, so it would be: 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.server.net You *may* also have an entry for web1, but it would normally contain your assigned IP address: 10.10.10.115 web1 web1.server.net But you may not want anything except localhost, depending on your DNS setup. In fact, stick with localhost only until and unless you have a reason to add more to /etc/hosts. -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
