I have several RH5 machines around the office which can open romote apps on my Xwindows desktop. Two of those are alice.twopoint.com and ethel.twopoint.com. When I open a window (say, xload) on ethel, it comes up labeled 'ethel'. When I open the same window onto alice, it comes up labeled 'alice.twopoint.com'. Both machines have their /etc/hosts formatted identically: [root@alice /etc]# cat hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain 192.168.1.38 alice.twopoint.com alice [michael@ethel /etc]$ cat hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain 192.168.1.36 ethel.twopoint.com ethel Both machines have their FQDN in /etc/HOSTNAME. So whence the difference? This is obviously a very minor issue (the machines aren't even on a public net, and will answer to their short or long names just as happily), but it has me wondering, especially considering the frequency with which I screw up my DNS and related sundries. Thanks for any thoughts. m -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
