Is there an equivalent to /etc/hosts for Windows? I want to be able access my local RH9 box from my Windows 2000 and Windows 98SE machines without typing 192.168.*.*
Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Torrie Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 1:22 AM To: Newbie Help Subject: Re: [newbies] /etc/hosts On Sat, 2003-04-19 at 01:07, John Noll wrote: > I really appreciate all the help. > > I'm just not understaniding the naming schemes for linux. My /etc/hosts > file looks like this right now: > > # Do not remove the following line, or various programs > # that require network functionality will fail. > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > What should my /etc/hosts file look like if I want my computer to be > named john.example.net? Do I need to specify an ip address? What would > the command be or am I just as well to do the changes in the redhat gui > for network configuration? You have to understand that the name "john.example.net" is only the name of your computer to others when you have it in a DNS server somewhere. For example, my machine at work is called isengard, and it's fully-qualified name is isengard.chem.byu.edu. But that really only means anything to other computers because our DNS points isengard to my ip address. All hosts does is give your local machine a quick way to resolve simple names that aren't in anyone's DNS. For example, my home machine's host file looks like: 127.0.0.1 enterprise.local.lan enterprise localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.0.1 reliant.local.lan reliant 192.168.0.2 enterprise 192.168.0.3 saratoga 192.168.0.4 stargazer.local.lan stargazer 192.168.0.5 intrepid 192.168.0.6 hood 192.168.0.7 voyager 192.168.0.8 defiant 192.168.0.11 vpn-tgt 192.168.0.10 vpn-src 192.168.0.12 sparc1 192.168.0.14 pegasus 192.168.0.30 marcus 192.168.0.32 marcuslaptop None of my machines are on a DNS, (I could set on up if I wanted to, I guess), so I put these in /etc/hosts so that *my* machine can reference the others by name. If the other machines want to reference my machine, they would need similar /etc/hosts entries. Note that your computer can have a real ip address and no hostname (other than localhost). However it could still have a name in a DNS somewhere. Basically, whatever I set the hostname (during setup or in /etc/sysconfig/network) to I add to the 127.0.0.1 line for convenience. This probably is way confusing, but I'm not sure how to explain it simpler. :) Yes I really do have that many machines. Sort of. Reliant is my firewall (on at&T cable), enterprise is my workstation, saratoga is my i-opener (remember those?), stargazer is my brother's workstation, and intrepid, hood, voyager and defiant are all virtual machines (VMWare and User-mode-linux). Pegasus is my attempt at building a PVR (see www.mythtv.org). Oh and the sparc1 entry is for my 25 Mhz black and white Sparcstation ELC (runs diskless with an nfs-root and 1-bpp X display!!). Gotta show off my toys. Michael > > Let's say I have two computers that will be talking to each other at > times. I want one to be called 'john.example.net' and the other > 'tim.example.net'. Is that the right idea or should they be totally > different like 'john.example.net' and tim.home.net'? > > Thank you, > > john > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
