Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 17:59:30 +1000 From: Travis Fitch <travis@fitch.id.au> To: Mark Woodson <mwoodson@sricrm.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with /etc/hosts on FreeBSD 5.1??? Message-ID: <3F39EFE2.10801@fitch.id.au> In-Reply-To: <200308120852.19756.mwoodson@sricrm.com> References: <1060683011.3f38bd03e1d79@my.uq.edu.au> <200308120852.19756.mwoodson@sricrm.com>
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Just put the FQDN in /etc/hosts # /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.1.1 box1.mydomain.com box Travis Mark Woodson wrote: > On Tuesday 12 August 2003 03:10 am, s4021760@student.uq.edu.au wrote: > >>Hi, >> I just loaded freeBSD 5.1 and ran into some trouble....I have edited >>the /etc/hosts file to show the required name....but when I boot up the >>system hangs and gives the message "...My unspecified name is >>BLAA......Sleeping for retry" It comes out of this loop if I hit ^C. I have > > > That's sendmail saying it can't figure out the host name. Unless the machine > is handling mail, it's not really a big deal. It's not really hanging, > you're just not being patient enough in letting it timeout. > > Configure sendmail properly or disable it entirely to fix the problem. The > problem isn't really /etc/hosts. > > -Mark > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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