Re: help on setting up a host name

I don't administer the DNS databases here, so this is mostly guesswork and a little readingon my part BUT... Look in /etc/named.boot on the machine running the DNS server (called bind or named) and figure out which file contains the information for your particular zone. Look also in any files wh

Re: help on setting up a host name

Hi, I have all the passwd to access all the machines here, so what files do I need to modify in order to resolve the name. Carl Mummert wrote: > You can't just add a line to /etc/hosts because that is not where remote > queries for hostnames go. > > When a remote machine attempts to resolve

help on setting up a host name

Hi, At work, my machine connects to a ethernet lan and it has a unique ip address. If the company's domain is xxx.xxx.xx, I want to set up a name so that I can telnet to my machine using shao.xxx.xxx.xx. I tied to edit the file in /etc/hosts but it doesn't work. Could someone please help m