Haines Brown wrote:
I'm having some difficulties (From: line missing in header of outgoing
newsgroup mesaages) and worry their cause might be due to what I put
into /etc/hostname when I installed.
I had done some reading, got inconsistent answers, and ended by
using as hostname my FQDN, teufel.hartford-hwp.com when I
installed. Since then I've seen suggestions to use only the local host
name (teufel). Is "machine name" synonymous with "local host" name?
A simple question for which I desperately need an answer: Should I
have used only the local hostname?
Secondary questions: does my use of FQND spell trouble? If so, some
sources say never try to change your hostname, but do a reinstall
instead; others say, grep the /etc directory and change the name
whereever it appears. Which is right? Should /etc/mailname be
brownh#hartford-hwp.com?
You want to make changes to your /etc/hosts file so that it will look
like this
IP FQDN HOSTNAME
like
1.2.3.4. my.fulldomain.net my
/etc/hostname would have just my in it.
localhost usually referes to the 127.0.0.1 address
hth
jeff
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