Re: Host Name Problem

[George Farris <george gmsys com>]

On 30 Dec 2000 18:07:26 -0500, David McGlone wrote:
> 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. 
> 


OK people you need to understand what the /etc/hosts file is for.  It
holds IP addresses and host name and thats it!!!  It does NOT hold user
id's.  There should always be a line with your localhost name in it like
so:

127.0.0.1 localhost

Never mess with this line other that to add a localhosts.localdomain in
it.  When you want to add a new host just add a new line, such as:

192.168.10.2  myhost.mydomain.org  myhost

When an application such as Netscape wants an IP address it talks to the
resolver library which in turn will query such items as your name
severs, /etc/hosts file and possibly NIS if you have that configured.
The /etc/host.conf file will show you the order in which these things
are queried.

For more detailed information see the Network Administrators Guide (NAG)
on the Linux Documentation project home page.

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