Re: [tlug] /etc/host setup

[David Eduardo Gomez Noguera <davidgn@example.com>]

On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 21:19, Jim Breen wrote:
> G'day all,
> 
> I need some advice (again) on setting up my /etc/host file.
> 
> I like my (RH7.3) system to call itself by a suitable name. My ISP
> assigns it a name like "CPE-12-34-56-78", which is not exactly lovable,
> so in /etc/host I have something like:
> 
> 	127.0.0.1               frodo
> 
> As a result, my X login, xterms, etc. are all identified as "frodo".
> This is what I like.
> 
> HOWEVER, tin won't let me post any messages, as it requires a valid,
> fully-qualified host-name (other than localhost.localdomain). I can fool it
> by changing it to frodo.foobar.com, but if I try and start up Linux that way
> all sorts of services fall over because they can't resolve
> frodo.foobar.com.
> 
> Any thoughts on how I can get around this?
> 
> Jim
> 

If I remember well, the ppp-HOWTO had a few lines to add to some file so
that it automagically adds an entry to /etc/host on connection with your
assigned IP, and removes it when disconnected.
> 
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