On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 15:30:24 -0400, 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.
Shouldn't you be looking at your news reader configuration? > I had done some reading, got inconsistent answers, and ended by > using as hostname my FQDN, teufel.hartford-hwp.com when I > installed. In Debian the standard is to use a simple name which in your case would be 'teufel'. > Since then I've seen suggestions to use only the local host > name (teufel). Is "machine name" synonymous with "local host" name? The system has a name maintained in the kernel and initialised at boot from /etc/hostname. This is what you see when you execute the hostname command. > A simple question for which I desperately need an answer: Should I > have used only the local hostname? It is possible to use either one. > Secondary questions: does my use of FQND spell trouble? Not necessarily. > If so, some > sources say never try to change your hostname, but do a reinstall > instead; I don't see why that would be necessary. > others say, grep the /etc directory and change the name > whereever it appears. Strictly speaking the system hostname should only appear in /etc/hostname. However, some programs unfortunately expect to be able to resolve this name as if it were a domain name. Thus, the Debian installer puts the hostname in /etc/hosts too. If you change the system hostname then you should also change the relevant line in /etc/hosts. /etc/mailname is completely different: the MTA looks in that file to find out what domain name it should use as the origin of mail. See mailname(5). > Which is right? Should /etc/mailname be brownh#hartford-hwp.com? No, it should be a domain name such as 'teufel.hartford-hwp.com'. Set up /etc/hosts like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 127.0.1.1 teufel.hartford-hwp.com teufel Put 'teufel' in /etc/hostname and reboot. -- Thomas Hood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
