On Wed, 19 Jun 2002 17:22:13 -0400, Andrew Biggadike wrote:

>I am running Woody and kernel 2.4.18 and installed dhcpcd from potato
>(because it was recommended).  I am properly pulling an IP from my DHCP
>server, which is nice, but now I cannot use an entry in /etc/hosts to
>map my IP to my hostname (since it's no longer static).  When I try to
>ping my hostname it says "unknown host."   
>The only reason I need to connect to myself is for webmin (it doesn't
>seem to like 'localhost'), but I would think there is a relatively easy
>way to do this that I am not aware of.  Any help is appreciated ..
>
>Thanks, Andrew.

Wouldn't the line;

127.0.0.1               localhost               <host name>

work?
--
gt
It is interesting to note that as one evil empire (generic) fell,
another Evil Empire (tm)  began its nefarious rise. -- gt
Coincidence?  I think not.


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