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sidkdbl07
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 Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 7:19 pm Post subject: Computer's hostname |
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Here is my /etc/hosts
| Code: | 127.0.0.1 localhost smurfette
192.168.1.101 www.mydomain.com www |
but when I type hostname -f, I get
Why doesn't www.mydomain.com show up? |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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sidkdbl07,
You are looking in the wrong file.
/etc/hosts is for resolving names to IP addresses
The hostname is stored in /etc/hostname
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kiezpro
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| Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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Do your /etc/hostname and /etc/dnsdomainname contain the right values? Also, I think that in /etc/hosts, it should say
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127.0.0.1 localhost smurfette
127.0.0.1 www.mydomain.com www
192.168.1.101 www.mydomain.com www |
That should do it. |
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sidkdbl07
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| Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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/etc/hosts
| Code: | 127.0.0.1 localhost smurfette
192.168.1.101 www.mydomain.com www |
/etc/hostname
/etc/dnshostname
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kiezpro
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| Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Your /etc/hosts is lacking the second entry for 127.0.0.1 that should point to www. yourdomain.com (like in my example above) - that should be it. |
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sidkdbl07
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| Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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My /etc/hosts
| Code: | 127.0.0.1 localhost smurfette
127.0.0.1 www.mydomain.com www
192.168.1.101 www.mydomain.com www
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... and when I type hostname -f is still outputs localhost
Any ideas? |
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mike4148
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| Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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Either run
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| Code: | | /etc/init.d/hostname restart |
(note: if hostname is in the boot runlevel, that will restart a lot of stuff)
or reboot your computer (don't do that, please  ). The hostname isn't dynamically read from /etc/hostname; it's set by hostname, in Gentoo via the hostname init script. |
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sidkdbl07
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| Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 6:18 pm Post subject: Computer's hostname [SOLVED] |
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My /etc/hosts
| Code: | 127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.1.101 smurfette.wickedev.com smurfette
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Restarted hostname and all is peachy. Thanks for the help. |
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