Re: Host Name Problem

[David McGlone <dmcglone ameritech net>]

if you noticed the error message he is getting states "try adding
h24....(his IP) to the file /etc/host", when I first started using Gnome,
I had the same problem, I added the info in my /etc/host and /etc/HOSTNAME
file and viola, no more error message, and upon reboot, my username domain
showed up on the login screen. If you don't have an /etc/host or
/etc/HOSTNAME file then maybe your distro doesent use it, but his does,
for the fact the error message said so.

David M.

AIM: Dmcg295308

ICQ #: 96210352

On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero wrote:

> esoteric denali atlnet com (2000-12-30 at 2046.11 -0500):
> > > you need to add the name you are using for your ISP into /etc/host then,
> > > for example my ISP is Ameritech.net, my user name is Dmcglone, therefore I
> > > add Dmcglone ameritech net to the /etc/host file, replacing the
> > > "localhost.localdomain. You may have to do the same thing to the file
> > > /etc/HOSTNAME. That should
> > > do the trick, but I am using Red Hat, so the distro's may varay slightly.
> > This is a new one to me.  I've never heard of adding a user id to the
> > /etc/hosts file.  Anyone else?  I'd be glad to learn something here.
> 
> First time I heard it too. And I do not have /etc/host, I have hosts,
> host.conf, host.allow and host.deny, but not just host.
> 
> GSR
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