[linux-help] Re: $HOSTNAME

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure what distro you're using, but /etc/sysconfig/network doesn't
exist in Debian.  So claiming that the hostname is configured there is a bit
premature.  Undoubtedly it is configured there for some systems.  Since we
don't know what distro "root" is using, I wouldn't jump to the conclusion
that he should modify anythying other than /etc/hostname and possibly
/etc/hosts, but he already did that.

-- Jonathan


On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 12:04:42AM -0500, Jeff Vian wrote:
> 
> The system host name is actually 2 places.
> 
> /etc/hostname
>   (for most things)
> 
> and 
> 
> /etc/sysconfig/network
>    (for the rest of the things)
> 
> The other file, 
> /etc/hosts
>     stores name/address mappings so your pc does not have to do a DNS
> lookup for those hosts you choose to put in it.
>     This file MUST contain the ip address and name of the local host
> (whatever the hostname and domain is), and the default 127.0.0.1 for the
> localhost and localhost.localdomain. If it does not at least contain
> those, MANY things will not work, such as Xwindows.
> 
> 
> 
> Jonathan Hall wrote:
> > 
> > /etc/hostname
> > 
> > You pretty well need a hostname... without one, many things will break--most
> > notably, mail.
> > 
> > The solution is not to get rid of your hostname, but to properly configure
> > your mail setup.
> > 
> > -- Jonathan
> > 
> > On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 11:46:46AM -0700, root wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Does anyone know where or how a system's host name is stored?
> > >
> > > I added it to /etc/hosts, and now it won't go away.  I'd just like to 
> > > reset
> > > it to nothing.
> > >
> > > Since the host name I chose when I added it to etc/hosts (and I may have
> > > added it somewhere else) is invalid, I can no longer send mail from the
> > > command line.
> > >
> > > E.g. I am a single system using a cable modem with service from Cox High
> > > Speed Internet, on domain: sd.cox.net
> > >
> > > Stupidly, I tried to name my server, "resmar1", so now I can't send mail
> > > because resmar1.sd.cox.net is not a valid host name on the ISP's network.
> > >
> > > How do I get resmar1 to go away?
> > >
> > > If worse comes to worse can I find it with
> > >
> > > find /etc -type f -name * | grep resmar1 ?
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