append the 127.0.0.1 line in /etc/hosts with anything you want your computer to
think is itself. I think most of the time the system is set to first resolve
from hosts and then DNS.
hosts is good for setting up names in small networks where you can easily set
things up.
Jeff
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 12:20:05AM -0500, Spencer Ogden wrote:
...
>
> I guess the question is this. This seems like a very precarious situation.
> Should I be doing something different? SHould I be running a nameserver
> locally?
>
> Maybe I'm just dumb for trying to set this kind of thing up manually...
>
> Spencer
--
In a very real sense, *anyone* who makes a public issue out of the fact
that they are involved with Linux in any way is seen as an advocate.
(Derek Glidden)
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