Re: Second time on hostname

2005-07-11 Thread Haines Brown
Thanks, Bob, I think I'm all set. The challenge will be have the gmane gateway register me now so that I can use the debian-user newsgroup rather than list. I'm optimistic that with the changes, things will go more smoothly. As for the "localhost.localdomain" issue, what you say is interesting. I'

Re: Second time on hostname

2005-07-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Thomas Hood wrote: > Haines Brown wrote: > > Thanks for the advice re. format of /etc/hosts. I've now set it to: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > 192.168.1.1 teufel.hartford-hwp.com teufel > > which seems a lot cleaner. > > Yes. Small tuning. I would remove the

Re: Second time on hostname

2005-07-11 Thread Thomas Hood
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Re: Second time on hostname

2005-07-11 Thread Haines Brown
Thanks for the advice re. format of /etc/hosts. I've now set it to: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.1.1 teufel.hartford-hwp.com teufel which seems a lot cleaner. I'm trying it now. I'd appreciate your inspecting the header of this message to see if there's any anomalie

Re: Second time on hostname

2005-07-11 Thread Thomas Hood
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 06:27:36 -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > I changed /etc/hostname simply to the local hostname because I was > informed that it is the debian way. Doing so and rebooting seems to > have worked. Either way is possible, but the Debian installer and Debian documentation are written u

Re: Second time on hostname

2005-07-11 Thread Haines Brown
> Haines Brown wrote: > > I'm having some difficulties (From: line missing in header of > > outgoing newsgroup mesaages) and worry their cause might be due to > > what I put into /etc/hostname when I installed. =20 > > I think you need to look at your news software first. The problem > is probabl

Re: Second time on hostname

2005-07-10 Thread Bob Proulx
Haines Brown wrote: > I'm having some difficulties (From: line missing in header of outgoing > newsgroup mesaages) and worry their cause might be due to what I put > into /etc/hostname when I installed. I think you need to look at your news software first. The problem is probably there. > I ha

Re: Second time on hostname

2005-07-09 Thread Thomas Hood
On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 15:30:24 -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > I'm having some difficulties (From: line missing in header of outgoing > newsgroup mesaages) and worry their cause might be due to what I put > into /etc/hostname when I installed. Shouldn't you be looking at your news reader configurati

Re: Second time on hostname

2005-07-09 Thread jeffd
Haines Brown wrote: I'm having some difficulties (From: line missing in header of outgoing newsgroup mesaages) and worry their cause might be due to what I put into /etc/hostname when I installed. I had done some reading, got inconsistent answers, and ended by using as hostname my FQDN, teufe

Second time on hostname

2005-07-09 Thread Haines Brown
I'm having some difficulties (From: line missing in header of outgoing newsgroup mesaages) and worry their cause might be due to what I put into /etc/hostname when I installed. I had done some reading, got inconsistent answers, and ended by using as hostname my FQDN, teufel.hartford-hwp.com when