[Wed, 20 Mar 2002, 13:25:17 -0700 1.2K] Praedor Tempus wrote (edited):
% All I did was set my alias using linuxconf! An ALIAS dorks networking
% and the system?!
% Doing a "man hostname" doesn't give me anything useful. I try
% "hostname -a <my desired alias>" and it returns nothing but a blank
% line. I edit /etc/hosts and try to add/change the alias there. No
% good (and its gone next startup). What is the magic trick to naming
% my system whatever I want to?
%
% praedor
%
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I connect to my cable Internet using DHCP method and using their
workstation identification, but it is no problem setting my own
alias using linuxconf. It is permanent, no matter how many times
I restart my machine.
However, once in a time I get strange condition where anything
is failed to identify my system; X started after a longer
hostname checking and MTA is unable to deliver to local user(s).
The solution was adding a new line in my /etc/hosts with my own
alias and using the same IP with localhost.localdomain.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
127.0.0.1 alias.domain alias
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