-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 19 October 2001 00:22, Praedor Tempus opined on the topic: [expert] Hostname question
> Can someone please explain to me how to give my system a name that will > stick and not cause problems for the various networks I might connect > to? > > I have tried various hostnames and they either produce "invalid name" > errors of some sort or they dick up my ability to connect to a given > network. I need to know how to give my laptop a universal hostname that > will follow it wherever I take it and regardless of the dhcp network I > connect to. I have no trouble at all on my laptop. My /etc/hosts file looks like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 dedannshae ... I regularly move between four different networks (all DHCP), and it works like a charm. Dave -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7z24fA68l26XsZUYRAlnbAKCgsc9FTX06WuBpTmmdtEqQmT/yXACgkeL6 xjNYvO5x6P7q3glF/2EhN/g= =fmJ6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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