Re: Newbie Hostname Configuration

2002-05-22 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 03:12:30AM -0700, ben wrote: Maybe I misunderstand your advice, but... > On Wednesday 22 May 2002 02:45 am, Paul Walton wrote: ... > > I am about to install 2.2r5 on a standalone dialup machine and would like > > to get this basic step right, should I use an imaginary name

Re: Newbie Hostname Configuration

2002-05-22 Thread ben
On Wednesday 22 May 2002 02:45 am, Paul Walton wrote: > I'm a relative newbie, although I have installed and used Debian and > FreeBSD a number of times but one question still puzzles me - what is the > correct way to set up my machines hostname. > I am about to install 2.2r5 on a standalone dialup

Newbie Hostname Configuration

2002-05-22 Thread Paul Walton
I'm a relative newbie, although I have installed and used Debian and FreeBSD a number of times but one question still puzzles me - what is the correct way to set up my machines hostname. I am about to install 2.2r5 on a standalone dialup machine and would like to get this basic step right, should I