Praedor Tempus wrote on Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 03:49:25PM -0500 : > > /etc/hosts: > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost good start
> 127.0.0.1 lapdog.ravenhome.net lapdog bad. Delete it. > 10.0.0.1 lapdog.ravenhome.net lapdog good > 10.0.0.5 overlord.ravenhome.net overlord good One of two situtations will exist: 1) You don't have any network cards. All hostnames that you want to use to access stuff on your machine will be appended to the localhost line. Leave the first part alone, just add the hostnames to it. 2) You do have at least one network card. In this case, the localhost line should consist solely of the first like you have listed above. Any other hostname should have its own IP address on the following lines. Blue skies... Todd -- Todd Lyons -- MandrakeSoft, Inc. http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- Doug Gwyn Cooker Version mandrake-release-8.3-0.2mdk Kernel 2.4.18-20mdk
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