On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 9:58 PM, Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> 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.
It might not confuse software, but it'll certainly confuse the wetware. I have one primary keyboard/screen/mouse, attached to the computer named 'sikorsky', and then manage most of the network via SSH from there. If I type "ssh yosemite", I expect the bash prompt to show "rosuav@yosemite". :) ChrisA -- 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/captjjmpfdu-h-gko0+pw-mzbhyuekhwz_cfopndfmet8aj8...@mail.gmail.com
