On Mon 09 Jun 2014 at 07:58:41 -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 4:55 AM, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > On Mon 09 Jun 2014 at 01:23:43 -0400, Teresa e Junior wrote: > >> > >> $ cat /etc/hostname > >> localhost > > > > I wouldn't use this in /etc/hostname. Contacting this machine from > > elsewhwere on the network could prove frustrating. > > The hostname in "/etc/hostname" isn't necessarily the hostname used to > access a box remotely; although it makes sense for them to be the > same.
True. What do think about the lack of '127.0.1.1 localhost' in etc/hosts? Squeeze and Wheezy installs would both put this line in. (Neither may have anything to do with the OP's problem). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140609121013.gw17...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
