On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 03:50, Buchan Milne wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Reinout van Schouwen wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Buchan Milne wrote: > > > > > >>> a) Edit /etc/hosts > >>> b) Give up on proftpd / gnome and use something else. > >> > >>c) Fix your DNS. > > > > > > Hello! Does my mother have a DNS on her standalone PC? Didn't think so. > > GNOME, too, should Just Work for standalone configurations without having > > an advanced user intervene first. > > No, on here machine, zeroconf should work (I am sure I wrote that > somewhere in this mail) if she has a network card in it. If there is > *no* network interface anywhere on the machine, then it *may* be > necessary to add an entry to /etc/hosts.
Hal la freeking luya the man had an epiphany. Yes, there are millions of computers in use around the world that don't have ethernet cards. > > I was *only* answering James's problem with a network with hundreds on > unix servers. And in that case, someone is not doing their job right if > DNS does not work right (there will be many other problems too). I'm not having a problem.. I am stating the Zero-Conf doesn't buy me much but then neither does k-mail... > > >>>box doesn't work. The expected result isn't achieved. The user is > >>>picked off. Sorry for the rant. I'll crawl back in my hole. Note this > > > > I agree with James. > > > > What, that you know it is broken, but don't care to help fix it the > *right* way? > > I thought people on this list try and help fix things so they work > better for everyone, rather than just telling each other what hacks they > had to do to get it working (which is what I expect on the newbie list). > > Regards, > Buchan How can you fix things if you don't know what it takes to fix it... this one confuses me.
