According to Bryan Scaringe: While burning my CPU.
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> I have heard quite a bit on this list about not mapping
> HOSTNAME to 127.0.0.1.
>
> So the question is: how else could one map a name to their
> machine, and use that as an address?
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> For example: my machine is stand-alone.
> I want to name it, for example, "bacon".
> Actually, "bacon.skillet.net".
>
> So what is the proper way to write a /etc/hosts file
> for this machine?
127.0.0.1 localhost
Your /etc/HOSTNAME file should contian your hostname.
If you have redhat edit /etc/sysconfig/network and enter
HOSTNAME=bacon.skillet.net
Slackware does it in /etc/rc.M if you have no defined /etc/HOSTNAME then
slackware will call you "darkstar.frop.org"
The setup utilities in both distributions allow you to define your desired
or assigned hostname.
I dont have theses problems as i have a static ip address.
This is the documented way, and there are of course other ways and
opinions.
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> TIA,
> Bryan Scaringe
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>
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Regards Richard.
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