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Sivar
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 Posted: Sat May 25, 2002 2:49 am Post subject: What to put for hostname? |
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What does one enter or "hostname" in hosts and host.conf if there is none to speak of?
For /etc/hosts I used:
127.0.0.1 localhost
10.0.0.2 tiamat.dhs.org tiamat
and for /etc/hostname I used:
tiamat.dhs.org
Now, tiamat.dhs.org does not exist. My Linux machine is completely behind a firewall and has no external IP of its own.
So if the machine has no such name, what should be used, exactly?
Thanks ahead of time for suggestions
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CMitchell
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| Posted: Sat May 25, 2002 3:52 am Post subject: Re: What to put for hostname? |
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| Sivar wrote: | What does one enter or "hostname" in hosts and host.conf if there is none to speak of?
For /etc/hosts I used:
127.0.0.1 localhost
10.0.0.2 tiamat.dhs.org tiamat
and for /etc/hostname I used:
tiamat.dhs.org
Now, tiamat.dhs.org does not exist. My Linux machine is completely behind a firewall and has no external IP of its own.
So if the machine has no such name, what should be used, exactly?
Thanks ahead of time for suggestions |
localhost.localdomain ? |
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handsomepete
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Joined: 21 Apr 2002
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Location: Kansas City, MO
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| Posted: Sat May 25, 2002 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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Just name it after whatever amuses you. Whatever you want. For instance, I named my behind firewall network after the Comic Book Guy's (from The Simpsons of course) fanboy forum on the internet --> i.e. alt.nerd.obsessive
gentoo.something
linux.something
arealllylongword.madeupdomain.com
It doesn't really matter what it is. Even if you're running a webserver/mailserver you can still use virtual hosts to receive whatever you need to get. What's wrong with what you've got? Maybe we should open up a thread where people post their computer names... that might give you some ideas.  |
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Sivar
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| Posted: Sat May 25, 2002 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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| handsomepete wrote: | Just name it after whatever amuses you. Whatever you want. For instance, I named my behind firewall network after the Comic Book Guy's (from The Simpsons of course) fanboy forum on the internet --> i.e. alt.nerd.obsessive
gentoo.something
linux.something
arealllylongword.madeupdomain.com
It doesn't really matter what it is. Even if you're running a webserver/mailserver you can still use virtual hosts to receive whatever you need to get. What's wrong with what you've got? Maybe we should open up a thread where people post their computer names... that might give you some ideas. |
Not a bad idea.
The system worked well, but I read a thread about putting ones domain name and IP in the appropriate spot which resulted in KDE application performance increases. Such an increase seems rather strange, though, unless KDE tries to lookup the client name with each application run.
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TheWart
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I just call mine penguin.home.com
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