Re: Please help!

[Glenn PM <glenpm usa net>]

Hi Tim,

Is it required to add anything other than localhost
localhost.localdomain if you are not on a network? Is you example your
ISP name or your network name?

Thanks,
Glenn
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Tim Lewis wrote:
> 
> Hi Jake,
> 
> This is easily cured.
> 
> You will need to edit your /etc/hosts file.  When you open
> it, you will see immediately a line that reads:
> 
> 127.0.0.1  localhost
> 
> You need to add your machine name to this line:
> 
> 127.0.0.1  <your_machine_name>.<your_domain> <your_machine_name>
> localhost localhost.localdomain
> 
> My looks like this:
> 
> 127.0.0.1  talewis.worldnet.att.net talewis localhost
> localhost.localdomain
> 
> This should straighten things out.  Let me know if you have any more
> trouble.
> 
> Tim