On Sun, 6 Jul 2003, Norberto BENSA wrote: > I've set /etc/hostname, and still the command hostname > > returns "localhost". The point is that the computer has some official > > name, to which one can send e-mail. I don't know in what other > > What official name? Do you have a domain? > > Sorry for not answering sooner, but I've been out. What I mean is that at booting the computer gets a name together with an IP (in the case of my ISP, the name is made out of the IP and a geographical prefix, plus the ISP domain name). Of course this is not a name one would give as the host.domain part of a e-mail address, since it is subject to change; nevertheless, it is possible to send mail addressed to it (usefull for testing purposes or for emergencies...)
Regards, -- Jorge Almeida -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
