install F36 KDE alongside Win 10
hello everyone, I have done this before, but now I have one big doubt when completing installation of F36 alongside Win 10. I shrunk one of the Win partitions to create good space for my Fedora installation. I have booted the Live installer and entered the Installation destination section (screenshot here: https://user.fm/files/v2-f5626c9be22f21a346c100750161ab0e/nh7b5m4y3fv6uixreqdx.png). If I select Automatic, will Fedora be automatically installed in the biggest unallocated space? and this space partitioned as per Fedora default? I have seen instructions where people select Custom, and manually create partitions, I am way too nervous about partitioning the disk myself. I don't want to mess up the Win installation that has taken me time to setup. I don't remember having to this before. thank you, Anil F ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
puzzling message/suggestion during weekly patches.
(f35) While, as root, doing my weekly patches (dnf upgrade), I get the following message: - Upgrading: usbredir-0.12.0-2.fc35.x86_64 40/115 Upgrading: setup-2.14.1-1.fc35.noarch 41/115 warning: /etc/shadow created as /etc/shadow.rpmnew Running scriptlet: setup-2.14.1-1.fc35.noarch 41/115 WARNING: local host name ([private]) is not qualified; see cf/README: WHO AM I? /etc/aliases: 77 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 778 bytes total Upgrading: rsyslog-8.2204.0-2.fc35.x86_64 - What is the message telling me to read, and where is it? I see no README file in directory '/', in "/etc", or in root's home. I see no directory "cf" in '/', in root's home, or in "/etc". ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: install F36 KDE alongside Win 10
On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 12:52 PM Anil Felipe Duggirala < anilduggir...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > hello everyone, > I have done this before, but now I have one big doubt when completing > installation of F36 alongside Win 10. > I shrunk one of the Win partitions to create good space for my Fedora > installation. > I have done this many times. Being of the belts and suspenders mondest, especially where Windows is involved, I always use the Fedora Live OS to double check that the space is recognized as unused by linux before running the installer. > I have booted the Fedora Live installer and entered the Installation > destination section (screenshot here: > https://user.fm/files/v2-f5626c9be22f21a346c100750161ab0e/nh7b5m4y3fv6uixreqdx.png). > If I select Automatic, will Fedora be automatically installed in the > biggest unallocated space? and this space partitioned as per Fedora > default? > I have seen instructions where people select Custom, and manually create > partitions, I am way too nervous about partitioning the disk myself. I > don't want to mess up the Win installation that has taken me time to setup. > I don't remember having to this before. > I almost always stick with the defaults, in part because I want my system configured in a way similar to what my colleagues have. PS -- many systems with Windows installed the vendor provide a recovery partition. In practice, I have only used the recovery partition when transferring a system to someone else. Microsoft provides updated installers which avoid the long many reboots process needed to use the recovery partition version . -- George N. White III ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: puzzling message/suggestion during weekly patches.
On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 12:41 PM home user wrote: > WARNING: local host name ([private]) is not qualified; see cf/README: > WHO AM I? > /etc/aliases: 77 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 778 bytes total That message is from sendmail, not setup. On Fedora, if you install the sendmail-doc package, then cf/README is installed as /usr/share/doc/sendmail/README.cf; see line 372 of https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/sendmail/blob/rawhide/f/sendmail.spec. -- Jerry James http://www.jamezone.org/ ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Bluetooth Earbuds
I'm trying to use earbuds on a Fedora 36 laptop but I'm unable to get sound out of the earbuds. Gnome Settings shows the ear buds paired but nothing in type. The sound settings only offer the laptop speaker. Any suggestions on getting the earbuds to work? Thanks, Clifford -- @osm_washington www.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: install F36 KDE alongside Win 10
Thanks for your response George. but your answer doesn't tell me what to do. If I select automatic, and there is space available for Fedora, will it proceed to install F alongside Win in a dual boot setup? Or will it clean the whole disk and leave only Fedora? Thank you. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: Bluetooth Earbuds
On Thu, 11 Aug 2022 13:11:41 -0700 Clifford Snow wrote: > I'm trying to use earbuds on a Fedora 36 laptop but I'm unable to get > sound out of the earbuds. Gnome Settings shows the ear buds paired > but nothing in type. The sound settings only offer the laptop speaker. > > Any suggestions on getting the earbuds to work? Your laptop has Bluetooth hardware, yes? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: install F36 KDE alongside Win 10
On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 5:25 PM Anil Felipe Duggirala < anilduggir...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > Thanks for your response George. but your answer doesn't tell me what to > do. > If I select automatic, and there is space available for Fedora, will it > proceed to install F alongside Win in a dual boot setup? > Or will it clean the whole disk and leave only Fedora? > If there is anything of value on the disk, don't update without a backup. https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/latest/install-guide/install/Installing_Using_Anaconda/ With automatic partitioning, you can also select the I would like to make additional space available option below. Use this option if you want to reclaim space from an existing partitioning layout - for example, if a disk you want to use already contains a different operating system, and you want to make this system’s partitions smaller to allow more room for Fedora. The Reclaim space dialog which opens if this option is selected is described later in this section. I prefer to use Windows tools to make a Windows partition smaller -- Fedora developers can never know what details of the Windows partition layout and format might change. -- George N. White III ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: Bluetooth Earbuds
Sent from my Android phone. On Thu, Aug 11, 2022, 1:46 PM Geoffrey Leach wrote: > On Thu, 11 Aug 2022 13:11:41 -0700 > Clifford Snow wrote: > > > I'm trying to use earbuds on a Fedora 36 laptop but I'm unable to get > > sound out of the earbuds. Gnome Settings shows the ear buds paired > > but nothing in type. The sound settings only offer the laptop speaker. > > > > Any suggestions on getting the earbuds to work? > > Your laptop has Bluetooth hardware, yes? > Yes, the laptop has Bluetooth and is used for the mouse. ___ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: install F36 KDE alongside Win 10
On Thu, 2022-08-11 at 15:24 -0500, Anil Felipe Duggirala wrote: > Thanks for your response George. but your answer doesn't tell me what > to do. > If I select automatic, and there is space available for Fedora, will > it proceed to install F alongside Win in a dual boot setup? > Or will it clean the whole disk and leave only Fedora? > Thank you. I suggest you try it. The last time I did this was many years ago, but IIRC Fedora did not blindly remove an existing Windows partition (or other Linux for that matter). In any case it will tell you what it's about to do and ask you to confirm. poc ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: install F36 KDE alongside Win 10
On 12/8/22 07:23, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Thu, 2022-08-11 at 15:24 -0500, Anil Felipe Duggirala wrote: Thanks for your response George. but your answer doesn't tell me what to do. If I select automatic, and there is space available for Fedora, will it proceed to install F alongside Win in a dual boot setup? Or will it clean the whole disk and leave only Fedora? Thank you. I suggest you try it. The last time I did this was many years ago, but IIRC Fedora did not blindly remove an existing Windows partition (or other Linux for that matter). In any case it will tell you what it's about to do and ask you to confirm. It may depend on what type of install you want to do. I recently installed F36 on a new system I had built, where I was putting Windows Drive C, Ubuntu and Fedora boot partitions on an SSD, had 2 3TB disks for windows data, a 1TB disk for the rest of Ubuntu and a 3TB disk for the rest of Fedora. Windows and Ubuntu were installed first. I just pointed the installer at the partition I wanted Fedora installed in, which was after configuring the partition as GPT as a Dos partition can only address 2TB is storage, and told the installer I wanted the partition on the 3TB drive as "/", and the partition on the ssd as "/boot". Having done this the installer refused to do the install because being a UEFI install the installer wanted a mounted UEFI system partition, so I had to reduce the size of the "/boot" partition to create a 100MB partition as an EFIOS (I think) partition specified to be mounted as the installer wanted, and then it proceeded to completion. As Patrick said, I would expect the automatic installation to set up the necessary partitions for you, but I don't know for sure as I have never done an automatic install, I have always specified the layout I wanted explicitly. regards, Steve poc ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: Firefox issue
On 11/8/22 04:42, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 8/8/22 04:42, Andras Simon wrote: 2022-08-08 8:09 UTC+02:00, Samuel Sieb : On 8/7/22 01:38, Andras Simon wrote: If you click on "Lean more...", you'll end up in a few steps on this page: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Certificate-contains-the-same-serial-number-as-another-certificate which *may* help. The error message that page shows is slightly different. I don't know if that's because it's an earlier version of the message or this is a different case. Regardless, the suggested solution is not relevant to this issue. The error code is the same, and, moreover, mozilla sends you to this page, so I guess every investigation should start there. Of course it may still turn out to be irrelevant. Yes, I did start there. And it's the solution listed on that page that I was saying was not relevant. I mentioned in an earlier thread that I tried this site is Firefox 105.0a1 and it worked fine. After doing this I fired up the firefox version from the repositories and went to the site and it had no issues either. As also mentioned earlier the issue may be location dependent as I'm in Australia. regards, Steve ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: install F36 KDE alongside Win 10
On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 8:08 PM Stephen Morris wrote: > On 12/8/22 07:23, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Thu, 2022-08-11 at 15:24 -0500, Anil Felipe Duggirala wrote: > >> Thanks for your response George. but your answer doesn't tell me what > >> to do. > >> If I select automatic, and there is space available for Fedora, will > >> it proceed to install F alongside Win in a dual boot setup? > >> Or will it clean the whole disk and leave only Fedora? > >> Thank you. > > I suggest you try it. The last time I did this was many years ago, but > > IIRC Fedora did not blindly remove an existing Windows partition (or > > other Linux for that matter). In any case it will tell you what it's > > about to do and ask you to confirm. > It may depend on what type of install you want to do. I recently > installed F36 on a new system I had built, where I was putting Windows > Drive C, Ubuntu and Fedora boot partitions on an SSD, had 2 3TB disks > for windows data, a 1TB disk for the rest of Ubuntu and a 3TB disk for > the rest of Fedora. Windows and Ubuntu were installed first. I just > pointed the installer at the partition I wanted Fedora installed in, > which was after configuring the partition as GPT as a Dos partition can > only address 2TB is storage, and told the installer I wanted the > partition on the 3TB drive as "/", and the partition on the ssd as > "/boot". Having done this the installer refused to do the install > because being a UEFI install the installer wanted a mounted UEFI system > partition, so I had to reduce the size of the "/boot" partition to > create a 100MB partition as an EFIOS (I think) partition specified to be > mounted as the installer wanted, and then it proceeded to completion. All my installs on mixed OS systems have used the existing EFI partition with Windows or macOS. One thing to check is Windows fast-boot, which is really hibernation and must be disabled or the system will recover directly into Windows. > As Patrick said, I would expect the automatic installation to set up the > necessary partitions for you, but I don't know for sure as I have never > done an automatic install, I have always specified the layout I wanted > explicitly. > When you install onto a bare disk it does create the partitions. I like to have a bootable USB drive (currently I'm using a USB-C adapter with an NVME SSD). for rescue/troubleshooting. -- George N. White III ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: Bluetooth Earbuds
SOLVED While these were paired sometime ago, they must have dropped off. I simply repaired the earbuds and now they work just fine. Should have done the obvious first thing. Best, Clifford On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 2:22 PM Clifford Snow wrote: > > > Sent from my Android phone. > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2022, 1:46 PM Geoffrey Leach > wrote: > >> On Thu, 11 Aug 2022 13:11:41 -0700 >> Clifford Snow wrote: >> >> > I'm trying to use earbuds on a Fedora 36 laptop but I'm unable to get >> > sound out of the earbuds. Gnome Settings shows the ear buds paired >> > but nothing in type. The sound settings only offer the laptop speaker. >> > >> > Any suggestions on getting the earbuds to work? >> >> Your laptop has Bluetooth hardware, yes? >> > > > Yes, the laptop has Bluetooth and is used for the mouse. > > ___ >> users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >> Fedora Code of Conduct: >> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> List Archives: >> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org >> Do not reply to spam, report it: >> https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue >> > -- @osm_washington www.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: puzzling message/suggestion during weekly patches.
On 8/11/22 2:09 PM, Jerry James wrote: On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 12:41 PM home user wrote: WARNING: local host name ([private]) is not qualified; see cf/README: WHO AM I? /etc/aliases: 77 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 778 bytes total That message is from sendmail, not setup. On Fedora, if you install the sendmail-doc package, then cf/README is installed as /usr/share/doc/sendmail/README.cf; see line 372 of https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/sendmail/blob/rawhide/f/sendmail.spec. Thank-you, Jerry. I installed sendmail-doc and read the "WHO AM I" section of README.cf. It says gethostname is called to get the host name, then the result of that is sent to "gethostbyname" to get the fully qualified domain name. My C/C++ skills are very rusty and out-of-date, but I succeeded in writing a C++ program to see what's going on. It took a while! The hostname returned by gethostname is correct. But the h_name returned by gethostbyname is the same as what was returned by gethostname. It was not a fully qualified domain name. I'm no sys.admin. I do not understand what the "WHO AM I" section of README.cf is saying to do in this situation. HELP! By the way, I was able to use mailx to send a test message from me (a regular user) to root, and root received the message properly. Also, I only use mailx for messages from rkhunter and gsmartcontrol. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: puzzling message/suggestion during weekly patches.
On 8/11/22 20:42, home user wrote: On 8/11/22 2:09 PM, Jerry James wrote: On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 12:41 PM home user wrote: WARNING: local host name ([private]) is not qualified; see cf/README: WHO AM I? /etc/aliases: 77 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 778 bytes total That message is from sendmail, not setup. On Fedora, if you install the sendmail-doc package, then cf/README is installed as /usr/share/doc/sendmail/README.cf; see line 372 of https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/sendmail/blob/rawhide/f/sendmail.spec. Thank-you, Jerry. I installed sendmail-doc and read the "WHO AM I" section of README.cf. It says gethostname is called to get the host name, then the result of that is sent to "gethostbyname" to get the fully qualified domain name. My C/C++ skills are very rusty and out-of-date, but I succeeded in writing a C++ program to see what's going on. It took a while! The hostname returned by gethostname is correct. But the h_name returned by gethostbyname is the same as what was returned by gethostname. It was not a fully qualified domain name. I'm no sys.admin. I do not understand what the "WHO AM I" section of README.cf is saying to do in this situation. HELP! By the way, I was able to use mailx to send a test message from me (a regular user) to root, and root received the message properly. Also, I only use mailx for messages from rkhunter and gsmartcontrol. It's just a warning. If everything you use is working, then don't worry about it. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: puzzling message/suggestion during weekly patches.
On Thu, 2022-08-11 at 21:42 -0600, home user wrote: > I installed sendmail-doc and read the "WHO AM I" section of README.cf. > It says gethostname is called to get the host name, then the result of > that is sent to "gethostbyname" to get the fully qualified domain name. > My C/C++ skills are very rusty and out-of-date, but I succeeded in > writing a C++ program to see what's going on. It took a while! The > hostname returned by gethostname is correct. But the h_name returned by > gethostbyname is the same as what was returned by gethostname. It was > not a fully qualified domain name. > > I'm no sys.admin. I do not understand what the "WHO AM I" section of > README.cf is saying to do in this situation. HELP! > > By the way, I was able to use mailx to send a test message from me (a > regular user) to root, and root received the message properly. Also, I > only use mailx for messages from rkhunter and gsmartcontrol. If you're only using mail internally, and messages are coming through, it probably doesn't matter about the warning. And I thought the defaults for sendmail only worked with localhost, anyway (requiring you to intervene with manual configuration to be less secure). If you want to send mail to the outside world through it, you'd need to configure everything correctly. My previous experiments with sendmail and its documentation determined that it *discovers* its addressing. It knows its IP, it does a reverse DNS query to find the hostname for that IP, and it confirms back in the other direction (asks what IP belongs to that hostname). It wants the same answer in both directions. i.e. If it were on 192.168.1.1 and does a reverse search to find its hostname (example.com), doing a forward search for the IP for example.com needs to return the same 192.168.1.1 IP address. It doesn't have to query a DNS server for that, it can use the info in your /etc/hosts file. Again, if you're only doing internal mail, just ensure that you have the minimum of this in /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain ::1 localhost localhost.localdomain Don't put actual hostnames in with those loopback addresses. If you do want hostnames in /etc/hosts file (e.g. for local machines), they should be separate, like this: 192.168.1.1 example.com example The actual interface IP address, then the desired full address for that interface, and then any aliases you want to use can be listed after. When something consults the /etc/hosts file to find the name for the IP, the first name is returned. Whem something consults the /etc/hosts file to find the IP for a hostname, any name right of the IP matches. If your server is DHCP managed, set the DHCP server to always give it the same addresses. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.71.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 28 15:37:28 UTC 2022 x86_64 Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
