Re[2]: Sendmail and Hostname

1999-07-12 Thread Bob Bernstein
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > However, I have > > 127.0.0.1ullocalhost > > > in /etc/hosts. > > You need a fully qualified domain name, i.e., one with a period in it. Ah yes, it's all coming back to me. So this would work for him also: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain l

Re: Sendmail and Hostname

1999-07-12 Thread John Hasler
Marshal writes: > However, I have > 127.0.0.1ullocalhost > in /etc/hosts. You need a fully qualified domain name, i.e., one with a period in it. Just make one up. Here's the first line of my /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 hasler.dhh hasler localhost -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sendmail and Hostname

1999-07-12 Thread Bob Bernstein
Marshal Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, I have > 127.0.0.1ullocalhost Try 127.0.0.1 localhost u1 The format is: ip hostname nickname -- Bob Bernsteinhttp://members.home.net/ruptured-duck at Esmond, Rhode Island, USA --==++*++==-

Sendmail and Hostname

1999-07-12 Thread Marshal Wong
Hey everyone! I have a problem (Don't we all! ;) ). I installed Sendmail, and when it trys to start, it halts for a long time. The reason being is that it can't seem to find my computer. The log file gives this error: Jul 11 23:56:15 ul sendmail[2344]: My unqualified host name (ul) unknown; sl