Peter Prohaska writes: > do I have to put the FQDN in [/etc/hostname]? No.
> And where is that information used for if I've got that /etc/hosts file > to handle local lookups. It tells your machine what its own name is. > If I have two interfaces with different IP-adds, it is also possible that > my host is known with two different names, isn't it? So whats his > hostname then? My machine's hostname is hasler . 'hasler' must uniquely identify it on any network to which it is directly attached. Its FQDN is hasler.dhh.gt.org . This uniquely identifies it on the entire Internet. If it had another network interface it would have a different FQDN there, such as hasler.blorg.com . This would also be unique on the Internet. -- John Hasler This posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can; I don't mind. Elmwood, Wisconsin Do not send email advertisements to this address. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
