Re: proper setup of hostnames [more]

2000-09-16 Thread Glen Lee Edwards
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Jonathan Wilson wrote: >I'm starting to feel uneducated ;-) Jonathan, Linux will humble you. It allows you to pretty much do with it what you want, but it expects you to be able to tell it how to do it in a way that it understands. My /etc/hosts file, which includes my LA

Re: proper setup of hostnames [more]

2000-09-16 Thread Jonathan Wilson
I'm starting to feel uneducated ;-) ok, so it's "correct". Well, I don't really like that - I want it to show the real deal, I.E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] What do I need to do to send that? here's my /etc/hosts (with sensitive info blocked out): 127.0.0.1 original-hostname-not-in-dnslo

RE: proper setup of hostnames [more]

2000-09-15 Thread Steve Anderson
First post to the list, but here goes... Yup, in my experience with Linuxconf, you have to put the FQDN in both places: Hostname: and Primary name + domain name:. Doesn't agree with docs, but that's what it took to work for me. YMMV. Steve On Friday, September 15, 2000 3:55 PM, Jonathan Wi