How to put a domain name on "eth0"?

[Vinicius]

Aleksandar Milivojevic escreveu:
> Paul Howarth wrote:
> 
>> Vinicius wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> How to put a domain name on "eth0" manually, please?
>>>
>>> The file "/etc/hosts" shows: "127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain 
>>> ajax.apto317    localhost       ajax"
>>>
>>> "ifconfig" shows "eth0" with a private address 10.X.X.X . I would 
>>> like this address be "ajax.apto317".
>>
>>
>>
>> Changing your /etc/hosts file as follows will probably do what you want:
>>
>> 127.0.0.1    localhost.localdomain localhost
>> 10.X.X.X    ajax.apto317 ajax
> 
> 
> While you are correct about chaning /etc/hosts file (for most of the 
> utilities this will do the job), ifconfig will always show the IP 
> address.  Ifconfig should show IP configuration of network interface. No 
> names on that level.
> 

OK, there is a mistake in the second paragraph.
Thanks to all.