Re: [tlug] /etc/host setup

[bruno raoult <br@example.com>]

On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 12:19, Jim Breen wrote:
> G'day all,
> 
> I need some advice (again) on setting up my /etc/host file.
> 
> I like my (RH7.3) system to call itself by a suitable name. My ISP
> assigns it a name like "CPE-12-34-56-78", which is not exactly lovable,
> so in /etc/host I have something like:
> 
> 	127.0.0.1               frodo
> 
> As a result, my X login, xterms, etc. are all identified as "frodo".
> This is what I like.
> 
> HOWEVER, tin won't let me post any messages, as it requires a valid,
> fully-qualified host-name (other than localhost.localdomain). I can fool it
> by changing it to frodo.foobar.com, but if I try and start up Linux that way
> all sorts of services fall over because they can't resolve
> frodo.foobar.com.

127.0.0.1 is not your address... This is only the loopback @, and
you should keep is as it was. Probably something like:

127.0.0.1       localhost

Never change this one. This is Bad [tm]

You'd better check about "tin" configuration (that I don't know) instead
of changing system's settings...

(Your ISP assigns you an IP which is (probably) different each time you
connect. This IP (if not static) cannot be in your /etc/hosts file.)

br.

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