Hello,
in order to wrap this hostname question up, then hostname set during
the Debian installation is:
1) mapped to an address from 127.0.0.0/8 range in /etc/hosts file.
Specifically to IPv4 address 127.0.1.1
2) written to MTA(for example exim4) configuration file
3) written to /etc/mailname
4)
Tom H wrote:
What I find somewhat weird is that when you install Debian,
/etc/hostname and /etc/mailname are the same.
So if it's box.company.internal and bob runs mail tom, bob's
address'll be bob@box.company.internal.
Yes. Seems reasonable to me. That is exactly what I want. It is
I'm going to try it too.
Ha! Beat you to it! :-)
:)
I'd forgotten about this hostname and postfix business until your
email arrived last Monday but I haven't had the time to do my (far
less thorough) test.
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote:
Tom H wrote:
Tom H wrote:
Bob Proulx wrote:
Yes. And also to /etc/postfix/main.cf if postfix is installed. Or to
other places if other MTAs are installed.
When you use dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config or dpkg-reconfigure
postfix, /etc/mailname is updated; in postfix's case because my
origin is set
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 2:12 AM, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote:
Martin T wrote:
thank you for replies! So am I correct, that hostname set during the
installation is:
You're welcome.
1) mapped to an address from 127.0.0.0/8 range in /etc/hosts file
Specifically 127.0.1.1 so that it is
Tom H wrote:
Bob Proulx wrote:
Yes. And also to /etc/postfix/main.cf if postfix is installed. Or to
other places if other MTAs are installed.
When you use dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config or dpkg-reconfigure
postfix, /etc/mailname is updated; in postfix's case because my
origin is set to
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote:
Tom H wrote:
Bob Proulx wrote:
Yes. And also to /etc/postfix/main.cf if postfix is installed. Or to
other places if other MTAs are installed.
When you use dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config or dpkg-reconfigure
postfix,
Andrei, Tom:
thank you for replies! So am I correct, that hostname set during the
installation is:
1) mapped to an address from 127.0.0.0/8 range in /etc/hosts file
2) written to /etc/mailname
3) written to message of the day file
4) usually used in shell prompt(for example \[\e]0;\u@\h:
Martin T wrote:
thank you for replies! So am I correct, that hostname set during the
installation is:
1) mapped to an address from 127.0.0.0/8 range in /etc/hosts file
Specifically 127.0.1.1 so that it is always available and doesn't
conflict or confuse with 127.0.0.1 localhost. The newer
On Lu, 13 feb 12, 03:16:17, Martin T wrote:
During Debian installation there is a question about hostname using
expert installation mode.
During normal mode as well ;)
Am I correct, that hostname inserted during Debian installation is
associated with a local(address from 127.0.0.0/8 range)
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Martin T m4rtn...@gmail.com wrote:
During Debian installation there is a question about hostname using
expert installation mode.
In both modes but I don't think that regular mode asks you for a domain.
Am I correct, that hostname inserted during Debian
During Debian installation there is a question about hostname using
expert installation mode.
Am I correct, that hostname inserted during Debian installation is
associated with a local(address from 127.0.0.0/8 range) IP address:
martin@martin-ThinkPad-T60:~$ hostname
martin-ThinkPad-T60
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