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>> I'm just not sure what is the best way to name systems on the private side >> of our LAN. We tried using just single names but some programs seem to have >> problems with it. Like NIS and SendMail. What is the best way to name >> systems on a LAN behind a firewall that don't have internet names? You can call them anything you like, but if you expect sendmail to recognize them, you'll have to set up and properly configure a private DNS server. MX records are required for that to work. Most other traffic (file transfers, logins, and whatnot) don't need that complexity; you can just populate /etc/hosts on your workstations and be happy. - -d - -- David Talkington http://www.spotnet.org PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iQA/AwUBO/QJdr9BpdPKTBGtEQIwtgCg5q6zIkelDxdwZ55/y0I3ld4oiZUAoMO4 RjfH5GOr//mOEWnp2D5HJhc5 =Ysfr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list