[newbie] Specifying a hostname

[Aaron Winters]

What are the "rules" when giving a machine a hostname? The machine in ? does not have an external IP and there is no real hostname to give, as in mandrake.com or something like that I am just going to use it as a "learning box" for setting up web, ftp, Samba, etc. So can I call it whatever I want, does it need to be, something.com? ________________________________ Beware the innate animosity of inanimate objects