-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ben Reser wrote: > On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 07:43:15PM +0200, Buchan Milne wrote: > >>Sorry, just a query here, did you run 'host `localhost`', or 'host >>`hostname`'. >> >>If 'host `hostname`' resolves, GNOME should work. If it does not, GNOME >>should complain. > > > That's not really true. Again the host command *ONLY* queries > nameservers. It does not pay any attention to the /etc/hosts file. So > more accurately if: > getent hosts `hostname` > spits out an IP then GNOME will work. >
I think I asked Greg to test both of those. The thing I wanted to confirm here was whether he was using `hostname` or `localhost` as the name to attempt to resolve. D'Oh, looking at my mail, that was the one I forgot :-(. Greg, do you have a working (ie broken) setup at present you can test this on? Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+ZHCurJK6UGDSBKcRAuX+AJ9anzq126uFaPzkyuL/zf/4y6mTzQCeLbS7 mMhZzHGQVCPzMMapu0RqJgc= =ZUv4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
