On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, mukund wrote: > > >On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 11:16:14AM +0530, Dr . Sharukh K . R . Pavri . > wrote: > >> I had to re-install pcqlinux 7.1 and now I don't seem to be able to set > the > >> hostname. During installation, I had given the hostname as farzaan but it > >> still comes up as localhost. > >> > >> /etc/hosts/ has the following line > >> > >> 127.0.0.1 farzaan localhost.localdomain localhost > > > This seems to be confusing to me ( and maybe also to linux) The correct > syntax would be > > <ID> <Name> <short name> > Like > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdoimain localhost
Yes that is how it is given in the man page but this is what RH puts there. I have not tinkered with the file. Sharukh -- Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri Mumbai, India. _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
