Sorry to intrude, but I am struggling with the same problem even though I am
on a standalone PC.
> or if you want to add a different name not in DNS,
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> 127.0.0.1 whateveryouwant.net whateveryouwant
I fell in this conversation late:
Do you mean you can have "both"
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost AND also
127.0.0.1 whateveryouwant.net whateveryouwant ?
How is that possible and how do you do that? Where do you tell Mandrake 7.2
that your PC has 2 names?
> 127.0.0.1 whateveryouwant.net whateveryouwant
Can it be just 127.0.0.1 whateveryouwant or do you need 2 names here?
Also what do you mean by "loopback"?
.
Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user 183185
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael D. Viron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] hostname changed, some processes don't know yet
> Jay,
>
> Regardless of what other names you might have for your machine, you must
> still have localhost.localdomain.
>
> For example, we have a machine called wsdo, which has, in addition to the
> IP / hostname in DNS, the localhost / 127.0.0.1 loopback.
>
> Your host file should therefore look like:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx actualdns.whatever.com actualdns
>
> or if you want to add a different name not in DNS,
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> 127.0.0.1 whateveryouwant.net whateveryouwant
>
> This must occur because many processes, including ping and telnet
reference
> localhost as the loopback interface (meaning that it points to the same
> machine you are on).
>
> (such as ftp localhost, telnet localhost, etc)
>
> If you have additional questions, don't hesitate to let me know,
>
> Michael Viron
> Chief Systems and Administration Consultant
> Web Spinners, University of West Florida
> http://www.webspinners.uwf.org/
>
>
>
> At 04:16 PM 04/13/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >I changed my system's hostname (finding "localhost" far too impersonal).
> >I changed it using the "hostname" command and also manually in
> >/etc/hosts, and in a "host" of other files as their related processes
> >notified me that they were still looking for "localhost".
> >
> >However, ping and telnet keep sending me messages via the cron daemon
> >which still refer to localhost - ping just mentions the name, telnet
> >reports an error because it can't find localhost.
> >
> >Neither of these messages bother me too much, except that I get an awful
> >lot of mail from those two processes. How are ping and telnet getting
> >the name localhost? When I type "hostname" in a terminal, my correct
> >host.domain name string is returned.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >Jay DeKing
> >--
> >
> >There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'.
> >
>
>
