On 2005-12-16 10:31 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> it frequently does) my applications which require knowing what host
> they're running on.  They don't seem to be smart enough to look
> at /etc/hosts.  Some people on one of my Linux lists suggested that

Did you check to make sure /etc/nsswitch.conf is correctly set up for
files-based name resolution, and that you have *all* of the necessary
entries in /etc/hosts?
 
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