Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 14:04:46 -0400 From: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jonathan.slivko@lotuscom.net> To: "Radhika Sambamurti" <radhika_narendran@yahoo.com>, "Gene Harris" <geneh51@swbell.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: hostname on /etc/hosts file Message-ID: <002d01c0fe6a$7bbbd630$0c2da818@equinox> References: <20010626175856.73401.qmail@web9306.mail.yahoo.com>
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You have to specify it explicitly. -- Jonathan ___________________________________________ Jonathan M. Slivko <jonathan.slivko@lotuscom.net> Technical Support Rep., Black Lotus Communications phone: (212) 726-3516 http://www.blacklotus.net -- check us out! ___________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Radhika Sambamurti" <radhika_narendran@yahoo.com> To: "Gene Harris" <geneh51@swbell.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 1:58 PM Subject: Re: hostname on /etc/hosts file > Of course I entered my specific "hostname" in the file. > My question is why does it not understand that my hostname > is also the localhost? > > --- Gene Harris <geneh51@swbell.net> wrote: > > Have you entered your machine's name using hostname? It > > needs to know who > > it is. > > > > Gene > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Radhika Sambamurti" <radhika_narendran@yahoo.com> > > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 7:41 PM > > Subject: hostname on /etc/hosts file > > > > > > > My etc/host file has only the first line as "localhost" > > > without my hostname on the line. Every time I startx, > > Gnome > > > tells me that my hostname could not be found and that I > > > should put it in etc/hosts file. > > > > > > When I put it in the file, I kept getting mail...saying > > > "hostname" not found . > > > > > > Any idea of what I might try here or what is going on. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Radhika > > > > > > ===== > > > It's all a matter of perspective. You can choose your > > view by choosing > > where to stand. > > > --Larry Wall > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > > > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the > > message > > > > > > > ===== > It's all a matter of perspective. You can choose your view by choosing where to stand. > --Larry Wall > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > 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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