Ro BGCT wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to FreeBSD and am wondering if someone couldt tell me how to > properly set /etc/hosts. Right now it is: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain > > It says to replace "my.domain" with the domain name of my machine. If > I am using this box remotely and its hostname is "web1.server.net", > would I make the change like: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost web1.server.net > > Or am I doing it wrong?
The instructions mean you should edit the line to read:
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.server.net
Generally if you have a fully qualified domain name eg 'web1.server.net'
then 'web1' is frequently referred to as the 'host name' and 'server.net'
as the 'domain name'. It's shorthand, and it's technically not correct[*]
but it's commonly understood.
Don't get too hung up over the /etc/hosts thing. Arguably it's equally
correct to have just:
127.0.0.1 localhost
Any extras on that line won't make any noticeable difference at all on
most setups.
Cheers,
Matthew
[*] In the DNS *everything* (fully qualified or not) is a domain name,
whether it refers to a host, a web site, a whole network or whatever.
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