hostname doesn't stick

Anne Wilson cannewilson at tiscali.co.uk
Sat Sep 16 15:39:48 UTC 2006


On Saturday 16 September 2006 14:57, Tim wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 07:59 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > Despite the warning, I always make changes here.  I split that line into
> > two entries:
> >
> > 127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain
> > 192.168.0.xx    arrakis.homelinux.org arrakis
> > (adjusting the IP of course to your box's own).
>
> The rather badly worded warning is about how the first line should be
> precisely:
>
> 127.0.0.1  localhost.localdomain  localhost
>
Mea culpa.  That is exactly what I have, and what I intended to recommend.  
Brain was obviously not entirely in gear at that moment.

Thufir did say that he got it working correctly, but didn't say what change 
brought him success.  For the sake of archive-searchers, Thufir, could you 
add the info?

Anne
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