On 3/19/06, JimD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > In order to get a proper FQDN, you need to set up three files:
> > /etc/hosts, /etc/conf.d/hostanme, /etc/conf.d/domainname.
> >
> > I also have the same problems as you in past, and one day I found
> > that the most tricky thing was that you must give a seperate line
> > for your FQDN name in /etc/hosts!
> >
> > This is a part of my /etc/hosts file:
> >
> > 127.0.0.1 localhost
> > 127.0.0.1 lp.lcst.com lp
>
> You can combine it all in one line like so:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
>
>
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Can I jump in here with my situation?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /etc/hosts -n
1 # /etc/hosts: This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
2 # mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
3 # used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
4 # On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
5 # "named" name server. Just add the names, addresses
6 # and any aliases to this file...
7 # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/hosts,v 1.8
2003/08/04 20:12:25 azarah Exp $
8 #
9
10 #127.0.0.1 localhost
11 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
12 192.168.0.2 gravity.twi-31o2.org gravity
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /home/thufir/hosts -n
1 # /etc/hosts: This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
2 # mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
3 # used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
4 # On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
5 # "named" name server. Just add the names, addresses
6 # and any aliases to this file...
7 # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/hosts,v 1.8
2003/08/04 20:12:25 azarah Exp $
8 #
9
10 #127.0.0.1 localhost
11 127.0.0.1 hawat.thufir.gmail.com arrakis
12 192.168.0.2 gravity.twi-31o2.org gravity
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ date
Fri Mar 24 20:15:55 GMT 2006
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $
So, I just replace /etc/hosts with /home/thufir/hosts and I'll have a
computer named arrakis with a FQDN such that leafnode will be
satisfied and I won't create a problem? I just want to satisfy
leafnode.
-Thufir
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