On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Remco Blaakmeer wrote:
> On 17 Mar 1998, Martin Bialasinski wrote:
>
> > Remco Blaakmeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > > In that case, why to I get "omnic.(none)" ??? Where is this (none)
> > > > coming
> > > > from?
> > > >
> >
> > IIRC, the glibc (or whatever is used to resolve the name) checks
> > /etc/hosts.
> >
> > If your /etc/hostname reads "omnic", then you should have a line like this
> > in your /etc/hosts:
> >
> > 127.0.0.1 omnic.my.home omnic
> >
> > The fqdn has to be at the first place.
>
> It doesn't work for me, though. I have /etc/hostname reading "blaakmeer"
> and lines in /etc/hosts like this:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 130.89.222.95 blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl blaakmeer
cal011205.student.utwente.nl cal011205
>
didnt work for me either. using domainname does it, but I'm guessing the
hostname package had a bug as I had to link /bin/domainname to
/bin/hostname
Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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