At 10:29 2000-01-25 +0000, Neil Hollow wrote:
>I've changed my hostname by the hostname command, but on going into X I get
>an error saying that this has not been added to my etc/hosts file. My
>question is do I just add the name or do I need a IP number as well, if I
>do, do I use any old number or how do I determine what it it is? Sorry
>this seems an idiotic question but I cannot find the answer on on web pages,
>man pages or in my linux books. Ta. NH
Add both the name and IP address to /etc/hosts. There are several groups of
IP addresses reserved for use by private networks (not directly
connected/visible to the Internet). The most popular for home/SOHO use is
192.168.0.1-192.168.255.255. These networks are described in RFC-1518(?).
Tony
--
Anthony E. Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Homepage and PGP Key: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/>
If it's too good to be true, it's probably Linux
--
To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe"
as the Subject.
