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Date:      Thu, 16 Nov 2000 16:45:51 -0600
From:      "Daniel Domengeaux" <freebsd@supa-fly.org>
To:        "Chimon Yeung" <cyeung@sourcee.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Hostname/IP--How to
Message-ID:  <01d801c0501f$0a701620$0d00a8c0@comspace.com>
References:  <3A14639D.ECFEADA4@fremont.sourcee.com>

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| Hello,
| 
| How do I make my hostname (ex: seal.fans.com) bind with the IP address
| so when I ping, ftp, or telnet to that UNIX box, I can type in the
| hostname instead of the IP address?

edit the /etc/hosts 

127.0.0.1        seal.fans.com    seal

-daniel




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