Thanks, that did the trick. Just putting this entry in for the archives. ;-)
~Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Axalon Bloodstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 12:17 AM
> To: 'Mandrake Newbie'
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Get_Hostbyname failure.
>
>
> On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Mike Abney wrote:
>
> > I've just set up a Helios box at work in an attempt to
> prove that Linux is a
> > usable alternative for our development. (Not to mention to
> run an internal
> > development mailing list -- there will likely be more on
> that later.)
> >
> > Anyway, During setup, it never asked me for a host name.
> (It did detect my
> > ethernet card, however. That was cool because it never has
> before on my home
> > machine.) I went after reboot and ,using linuxconf, set the
> host name. That
> > seemed to work. My new host name is set it in the
> /etc/HOSTNAME file, and it
> > shows up in /etc/issue.
>
> it likely has a good reverse dns, the installer tests this
> and only asks
> if it wasn't found.
>
> > However, when I try to start up Apache or Samba I get an
> error and they fail
> > to start. Viewing the logs, I can see that Get_Hostbyname
> fails. In Apache I
> > can get past this by setting the "Server Name" property.
> Samba, however, has
> > no such option (that I know of) and that's a fairly klugy
> solution for
> > Apache anyway. So...
> >
> > I've searched mailing list archives and documentation of
> all kinds and
> > haven't found a solution. I *have* however seen the
> question asked a couple
> > of times and therefore apologize in advance if I just
> missed the answer
> > somehow. Regardless, how do I once and for all set the host name?
>
> edit /etc/sysconfig/network
>
> HOSTNAME=
> DOMAINNAME=
>
> > TIA,
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > PS: Additional info: 'hostname' works, 'hostname -d' and
> others do not work.
> > I assume this is because 'hostname' just looks in
> /etc/HOSTNAME and the
> > other forms do some type of lookup that is similar to the
> failure I'm
> > getting in Apache and Samba.
> >
>
> --
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> --Axalon
>
