[aclug-L] Re: Oops!

["James G." <jamesga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Curtis Hawthorne wrote:

> > The sendmail problem is probably caused by not having the correct format
> > for your "hostname".
>
> Ok, what is the correct format for my hostname?  Right now it is
> buster.thinktank  Do I need to have a .com, .net, or something?  I don't
> own a domain, and I have a dynamic IP address, so I didn't think I would
> need one of those...

In /etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1         localhost       localhost.localdomain
192.168.1.1      buster.thinktank      buster
192.168.1.2     other.computer     other


#buster.thinktank = fqdn = fully qualified domain name
#buster = local alias
#
#If this dosen't work, add a ".net" at the end of buster.thinktank
(buster.thinktank.net).

I once asked John G. about using .net and he said it shouldn't interfere with
the internet.

Also read the "Net-3"  Howto.

James G.