On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 14:11:35 +, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 23 Feb 2021 at 20:05:11 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> > On Tuesday 23 February 2021 14:29:01 Tom Browder wrote:
[...]
> > > I also edit /etc/hosts and make the first couple of lines look like
> > > this:
> > >
> > > 127.0.0.1
>
>
> Is that what you want? A local network defined entirely by hosts files?
> You can do that. It's easy. Just edit your /etc/hosts files to contain
> the names and addresses of your machines.
>
> In this scenario, your resolv.conf file will be used only to look up
> hosts that live outside
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:25:34 -0500
Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 February 2021 08:44:06 Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
> > Gene Heskett (ghesk...@shentel.net) wrote:
...
> > So, the next question is, "How can I put the line search neener.com
> > into my /etc/resolv.conf file?" In a sane,
Gene Heskett (ghesk...@shentel.net) wrote:
> > What *exactly* are you trying to do?
(crickets chirping)
> > How does that work?
>
> By looking its alias up in /etc/hosts.
I was using rhetorical devices. If you're truly using a pre-DNS
local network, then a lot of what I said simply does not
On Wednesday 24 February 2021 08:44:06 Greg Wooledge wrote:
> Gene Heskett (ghesk...@shentel.net) wrote:
> > But wtf? I have edited "sudo nano" /etc/domainname, did not set the
> > i bit, and the edit is still there, but asking for it is (none)
>
> There is no such file on my system. What made
> Tomas, please read posts more carefully :-)
FWIW, `man hostname` also mentions /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts.
Stefan
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 08:11 Greg Wooledge wrote:
> Tom Browder (tom.brow...@gmail.com) wrote:
> > For my LAN hosts as well as my WLAN hosts, I have always used the
> > /etc/hosts file and have never touched the default /etc/resolv.con file.
> >
> > I have never had any problems with connecting
On Tue 23 Feb 2021 at 20:05:11 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 February 2021 14:29:01 Tom Browder wrote:
>
> > Hey, Gene. I usually have to fiddle around a little, but I've always
> > had success on Debian this way (as root):
> >
> > # hostname TLM
> >
> >edit /etc/hostname
Tom Browder (tom.brow...@gmail.com) wrote:
> For my LAN hosts as well as my WLAN hosts, I have always used the
> /etc/hosts file and have never touched the default /etc/resolv.con file.
>
> I have never had any problems with connecting to any of those hosts except
> when adding a new host snd
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 07:44 Greg Wooledge wrote:
> Gene Heskett (ghesk...@shentel.net) wrote:
> > But wtf? I have edited "sudo nano" /etc/domainname, did not set the i
> > bit, and the edit is still there, but asking for it is (none)
...
For my LAN hosts as well as my WLAN hosts, I have
Gene Heskett (ghesk...@shentel.net) wrote:
> But wtf? I have edited "sudo nano" /etc/domainname, did not set the i
> bit, and the edit is still there, but asking for it is (none)
There is no such file on my system. What made you think that you should
create this file? What program did you
On Wednesday 24 February 2021 06:13:16 Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 12:58:33PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Greetings all;
> >
> > I have been working on a lower priority project, replacing some atom
> > powered machines with i5 powered Dells. Installing buster but
> >
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 06:14:00AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 February 2021 03:32:04 to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 08:21:48PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 23 February 2021 19:22:19 James B wrote:
> > > > With systemd-based Debian, the
On Wednesday 24 February 2021 03:32:04 to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 08:21:48PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Tuesday 23 February 2021 19:22:19 James B wrote:
> > > With systemd-based Debian, the probably now best way to set a
> > > hostname is with:
> > >
> > >
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 12:58:33PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings all;
>
> I have been working on a lower priority project, replacing some atom
> powered machines with i5 powered Dells. Installing buster but something
> is overriding my efforts to rename the machine after the install
On 2021-02-24 at 00:05, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 February 2021 23:54:03 Stefan Monnier wrote:
>
Then reboot and cross your fingers.
>>>
>>> Arthritis at 86 is beginning to make that painful. :(
>>
>> I don't believe in crossing fingers either FWIW, I pick my nose
>> instead,
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 08:21:48PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 February 2021 19:22:19 James B wrote:
>
> > With systemd-based Debian, the probably now best way to set a hostname
> > is with:
> >
> > hostnamectl set-hostname NAME
> >
> > What Tom suggested is completely valid, but
On Tuesday 23 February 2021 23:54:03 Stefan Monnier wrote:
> >> Then reboot and cross your fingers.
> >
> > Arthritis at 86 is beginning to make that painful. :(
>
> I don't believe in crossing fingers either FWIW, I pick my nose
> instead, and I think it works just as well (but be careful not
On Tue 23 Feb 2021 at 20:21:41 (-0600), Tom Browder wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 19:36 David Wright wrote:
> > On Tue 23 Feb 2021 at 20:05:11 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 23 February 2021 14:29:01 Tom Browder wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > > > I also edit /etc/hosts and make the first
>> Then reboot and cross your fingers.
> Arthritis at 86 is beginning to make that painful. :(
I don't believe in crossing fingers either FWIW, I pick my nose
instead, and I think it works just as well (but be careful not to do
that right after chopping some habanero),
Stefan
On Tuesday 23 February 2021 20:35:54 David Wright wrote:
> On Tue 23 Feb 2021 at 20:05:11 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Tuesday 23 February 2021 14:29:01 Tom Browder wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 11:59 AM Gene Heskett wrote: ...
> > >
> > > > Nothing I do survives a reboot, so what
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 19:36 David Wright wrote:
> On Tue 23 Feb 2021 at 20:05:11 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Tuesday 23 February 2021 14:29:01 Tom Browder wrote:
...
> > > I also edit /etc/hosts and make the first couple of lines look like
> > > this:
> > >
> > > 127.0.0.1
On 2021-02-23 09:58, Gene Heskett wrote:
Greetings all;
I have been working on a lower priority project, replacing some atom
powered machines with i5 powered Dells. Installing buster but something
is overriding my efforts to rename the machine after the install because
I'd like to replace
On Tue 23 Feb 2021 at 20:05:11 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 February 2021 14:29:01 Tom Browder wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 11:59 AM Gene Heskett wrote: ...
> >
> > > Nothing I do survives a reboot, so what do I do to actually rename
> > > the machine and make it stick?
On Tuesday 23 February 2021 19:22:19 James B wrote:
> With systemd-based Debian, the probably now best way to set a hostname
> is with:
>
> hostnamectl set-hostname NAME
>
> What Tom suggested is completely valid, but hostnamectl should I
> understand be the preferred route as I believe it will
On Tuesday 23 February 2021 14:29:01 Tom Browder wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 11:59 AM Gene Heskett
> wrote: ...
>
> > Nothing I do survives a reboot, so what do I do to actually rename
> > the machine and make it stick? Hopefully without losiing the
> > networking
>
> Hey, Gene. I usually
To my mind, getting familiar with the newer 'ctl' commands that come with
systemd is no bad idea.I like the consistency, personally.The 'systemctl'
command is one to be used all the time particularly.
--
James B
portoteache...@fastmail.com
Em Qua, 24 Fev ʼ21, às 00:22, James B escreveu:
>
With systemd-based Debian, the probably now best way to set a hostname is with:
hostnamectl set-hostname NAME
What Tom suggested is completely valid, but hostnamectl should I understand be
the preferred route as I believe it will update everything necessary
automatically.Doing it this way will
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 11:59 AM Gene Heskett wrote:
...
> Nothing I do survives a reboot, so what do I do to actually rename the
> machine and make it stick? Hopefully without losiing the networking
Hey, Gene. I usually have to fiddle around a little, but I've always
had success on Debian this
Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings all;
>
> I have been working on a lower priority project, replacing some atom
> powered machines with i5 powered Dells. Installing buster but something
> is overriding my efforts to rename the machine after the install because
> I'd like to replace "lathe" with
Greetings all;
I have been working on a lower priority project, replacing some atom
powered machines with i5 powered Dells. Installing buster but something
is overriding my efforts to rename the machine after the install because
I'd like to replace "lathe" with "TLM" for The Little Monster.
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