Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 21:56:14 -0500 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: <David@SkytrackerCanada.com>, "bsd" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: problems with machine name in hosts & rc.conf Message-ID: <018301c001ad$6291b4a0$ae440ace@mark8> References: <39906A7D.E0475160@www3.pacific-pages.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "David Banning" <David@www3.pacific-pages.com> To: "bsd" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 3:15 PM Subject: problems with machine name in hosts & rc.conf > I have a stand-alone machine running 4.0 stable > my machine name is tracker - when I insert that both in /etc/hosts > and in /etc/rc.conf I get a sendmail [127] can't connect error > (or something like that) > When I add a period like tracker. in the hosts file, everything is fine. > > Fine at least until I run apache - it won't fire up unless I also > describe my machine as "tracker." (period after) > > Why is this so? Is my machine "tracker" or "tracker."? The only place > it does not have a period after it, is in rc.conf > The output of the command: #hostname will tell you what FBSD thinks your hostname is. I don't have any periods after my hostname in any of my config files, but I have full names, too, like xxx.yyy.com so maybe FBSD doesn't like names with no .??? after them! Josh > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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