localhost hostname problem

[Paul]

Got it to work! :) :) :)
localhost.localdomain was already in the host name box, so retyped it thinking it needed verification.  No good.  But as soon as I 
entered local.localhost.localdomain, it worked like a charm. :)  (I want to learn networking and ultimately set my machine as a server, 
but one step at a time..........)
Many thanks!
Paul
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