----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 10:45 PM Subject: Re: Samba server and Win98 connection problem
> > /etc/hosts should define the 127.0.0.1 address with the short > > name of localhost first, and all other aliases to it after. > > Any other IP should be listed with its FULL internet name, then > > any aliases or short names after. If you do not have a FULL > > name on the IP line first, sendmail can take a very long time > > to start. You may have to do a lot of tweaking to get sendmail > > running without complaining. > > Noted with thanks This is incorrect. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost is the correct way and works just fine as is. > > In windows 98, you will need to copy the HOSTS.SAM file to hosts > > and then edit hosts. > > Could you please provide me more detail, whether starting from > "regedit"? It's a file that I believe is in your C:\Windows directory. Or do a start/search on host* and lmhost* to find them. Mike
