tlug: hostname setting of samba

[Tetsuji Rai <tetsuji@example.com>]

Hi,
   I'd been using samba without problem so far, but since I upgraded to RH 6.0 
I have a problem concerning hostname.
    As my machine is not connected permanently to Internet (only ppp), I set 
the hostname to tetsu, whose ip address 10.0.0.1 (this is assigned to my 
ethernet card, 3c509 as eth0), defined in /etc/hosts.    Another machine 
called yuki, running Win98 is connected to tetsu via ethernet.  The IP address 
is 10.0.0.2.   So far, this setting had been working fine.   However, since I 
upgraded my linux from RH5.2 to Rh 6.0, I have a problem in executing sendmail 
daemon on booting.   It freezes on sendmail.   I suspected the hostname tetsu 
should be wrong, and changed the ip address to 127.0.0.1.   Now sendmail has 
no problem on booting.   However, this time samba has a problem.   smbclient 
-L tetsu gives correct information on Linux machine, however, it cannot be 
referred to from the yuki (Win98) as tetsu.   So no information can be 
exchanged between these two machines via samba.   It is as a matter of course 
because tetsu is assigned to 127.0.0.1.
   So I wonder, in this case, how the hostname and ip address are set in this 
machine.   Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

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