Hi, folks, I'm forwarding to you a usenet message that helped me get my ip #'s set up right so I got online, after failing for a while. I failed with the information in my copy of O'Reilly's "Learning Debian/GNU Linux", and the reason I'm telling you is that this invalid information was also in the Debian help files I linked to off your web site. Specifically, editing /etc/init.d/network is out of date and didn't work; /etc/network/interfaces did work. Please fix this, it made it hard on this newbie with marginal technical talent trying against the odds to become adept with Debian (when some tell me I should stick to windoze, others that I should try an easier distribution). But I like the Debian culture, and hope to work to make it more accessible to less geekish people!!
Thanks, Bill Hendrik Sattler wrote: > > Bill wrote: > > I have edited the following files to contain my local information, in > > the end following the instructions in "Learning...": > > > > /etc/resolv.conf > > /etc/hostname > > /etc/init.d/network > > Your book is old. Edit /etc/network/interfaces instead of > /etc/init.d/network (huh, that was at the time of debian 2.1 "slink" !!) > > > I rebooted (is this necessary after such changes?) and then tested for > > no. You only have to restart the necessary scripts, mostly: > /etc/init.d/network restart > > > access by trying to start lynx, and by pinging the other computer in the > > house, my isp's website, and netscape.com, all with no response. > > See above and look at the manpage of "interfaces". To ping the other > computers by name, you have to specify the values in /etc/hosts or setup a > local nameserver (probably oversized). > > > One thing I am not clear about is what a "host" is in this context. > > /etc/hostname contains the name I gave this computer (which linux is > > installed on). Is that correct? I'm looking for a clear definition of > > "host". > > /etc/hostname contains the hostname _without_ the domain part. My computer > linux.local at domain .local has the value "linux" in its /etc/hostname. > The domain is onyl given by the nameserver or /etc/hosts but not by any > other configuration file. > It would be non-sense for laptops anyway. > > HS
