On Tue 23 Feb 2021 at 20:05:11 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 23 February 2021 14:29:01 Tom Browder wrote: > > > Hey, Gene. I usually have to fiddle around a little, but I've always > > had success on Debian this way (as root): > > > > # hostname TLM > > > > edit /etc/hostname and set the desired name to TLM if it's not > > already changed > > > > I also edit /etc/hosts and make the first couple of lines look like > > this: > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain.com localhost > > 127.0.1.1 TLM.geneslinuxbox.net TLM > > The first line is std here.
It may be your "standard", but it isn't what the installer gave you. Is there a good reason for changing it? > Why should it have the 2nd one? Your machine hasn't any static external IP address. The system hostname has to resolve to something and is assigned 127.0.1.1. -- Brian.
