schmity wrote:
Ok, newbie here so go easy on me.
In general, what type of files would I expect to find in the /etc
directory? How would I have known to look in the /etc directory for
the hosts file?
I suggest you look here
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
Mike
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On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 10:06:32PM -0600, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> schmity wrote:
> >Ok, newbie here so go easy on me.
> >
> >In general, what type of files would I expect to find in the /etc
> >directory? How would I have known to look in the /etc directory for
> >the hosts file?
> >
> >
> >
On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 10:06:32PM -0600, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> schmity wrote:
> >Ok, newbie here so go easy on me.
> >
> >In general, what type of files would I expect to find in the /etc
> >directory? How would I have known to look in the /etc directory for
> >the hosts file?
> >
> >
> >
schmity wrote:
Ok, newbie here so go easy on me.
In general, what type of files would I expect to find in the /etc
directory? How would I have known to look in the /etc directory for
the hosts file?
Don't feel bad for not knowing where to look; someone should have
pointed you to this we
On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 05:03:30PM -0800, schmity wrote:
> lists only the /etc/hosts file.
> lists /etc/hostname and /etc/motd.
>
> I changed the /etc/hosts file so that the localhost is now Linuxbox,
> ran and now I am able to ping Linuxbox.
>
> Kent, you said there might be more files. Did
lists only the /etc/hosts file.
lists /etc/hostname and /etc/motd.
I changed the /etc/hosts file so that the localhost is now Linuxbox,
ran and now I am able to ping Linuxbox.
Kent, you said there might be more files. Did I miss them?
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Welcome!
The /etc directory is the place for configuration files. The File
Heirarchy Standard will help you get oriented to how files are organized.
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
Keith
schmity wrote:
Ok, newbie here so go easy on me.
In general, what type of files would I expect to find in
On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 04:47:13PM -0800, schmity wrote:
> Ok, newbie here so go easy on me.
>
> In general, what type of files would I expect to find in the /etc
> directory? How would I have known to look in the /etc directory for
> the hosts file?
/etc GENERALLY contains system-wide configura
Ok, newbie here so go easy on me.
In general, what type of files would I expect to find in the /etc
directory? How would I have known to look in the /etc directory for
the hosts file?
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schmity wrote:
Here is the info. Looks like the machine is named Sandstorm instead of
Linuxbox. Sandstorm is what I had intended the workgroup name to be
for my network. Can I change this so that the computername is
Linuxbox?
Yes. The two main files to change are /etc/hostname and /etc/host
Here is the info. Looks like the machine is named Sandstorm instead of
Linuxbox. Sandstorm is what I had intended the workgroup name to be
for my network. Can I change this so that the computername is
Linuxbox?
Linuxbox:/home/brent# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localho
On (02/11/06 05:09), schmity wrote:
> Newbie Here. The name of my linux machine is "linuxbox". I am unable
> to ping this machine from that very machine. I tried the following:
>
> ping linuxbox
> and
> ping localhost
>
> neither of which worked.
What is the output of
$ cat /etc/hosts
it sh
Newbie Here. The name of my linux machine is "linuxbox". I am unable
to ping this machine from that very machine. I tried the following:
ping linuxbox
and
ping localhost
neither of which worked.
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