Re: VDQ : machine names??

2008-10-03 Thread TNWestTex
Beartooth > # Do not remove the following line, or various programs > # that require network functionality will fail. > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost localhost > ::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6 > The line beginning ::1 is the equivalent to 127.0.0.1 for the migration to intern

Re: VDQ : machine names??

2008-10-02 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 21:21 +, Beartooth wrote: > Two very odd things. First nano -w doesn't make it obvious to me > (though perhaps it should) how much is one line, how much another : > > GNU nano 2.0.6 > File: /etc/hosts > > # Do not remove the following

Re: VDQ : machine names??

2008-09-29 Thread Fred Silsbee
--- On Mon, 9/29/08, Beartooth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Beartooth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: VDQ : machine names?? > To: fedora-list@redhat.com > Date: Monday, September 29, 2008, 9:21 PM > On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:19:54 -0600, Phil Meyer wrot

Re: VDQ : machine names??

2008-09-29 Thread Phil Meyer
Beartooth wrote: On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:19:54 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote: I Beartooth wrote: I know it's a Very Dumb Question; I just can't find a general answer that works. [] Clue, please? Pretty please? Three files can affect the system

Re: VDQ : machine names??

2008-09-29 Thread Beartooth
On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:19:54 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote: > I Beartooth wrote: >> I know it's a Very Dumb Question; I just can't find a general >> answer that works. [] >> Clue, please? Pretty please? >> >> > Three files can affect the system name. > > The name seen in the promp

Re: VDQ : machine names??

2008-09-29 Thread Phil Meyer
Beartooth wrote: I know it's a Very Dumb Question; I just can't find a general answer that works. I want to stop calling all the machines on my LAN localhost.localdomain, and give them distinctive names. I have found two or three ways of doing so; but they don't stick. The only way that

Re: VDQ : machine names??

2008-09-29 Thread ANOOP
Hi, On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Beartooth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I know it's a Very Dumb Question; I just can't find a general > answer that works. > >I want to stop calling all the machines on my LAN > localhost.localdomain, and give them distinctive names. I have fou

Re: VDQ : machine names??

2008-09-29 Thread Mike Wright
Beartooth wrote: I know it's a Very Dumb Question; I just can't find a general answer that works. I want to stop calling all the machines on my LAN localhost.localdomain, and give them distinctive names. I have found two or three ways of doing so; but they don't stick. The only way that

VDQ : machine names??

2008-09-29 Thread Beartooth
I know it's a Very Dumb Question; I just can't find a general answer that works. I want to stop calling all the machines on my LAN localhost.localdomain, and give them distinctive names. I have found two or three ways of doing so; but they don't stick. The only way t