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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Daniel Underwood <djuatdelta@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Xfce unable to lookup hostname
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On Thu, 7 May 2009 09:37:59 -0400, Daniel Underwood <djuatdelta@gmail.com> wrote:
> Let me make sure I understand (part of) your advice.  Since I set
> hostname="bsdbox" in rc.conf, I should replace "localhost" instances
> in /etc/ttys ?

No, the name "localhost" should be in your /etc/hosts,
along with the hostname you selected. In this case,
something like

	# for localhost:
	::1             localhost
	127.0.0.1       localhost
	# for your hostname:
	127.0.0.1       bsdbox.local bsdbox
	127.0.0.1       bsdbox.local.

would be okay. You can use ".my.domain" instead of ".local";
".localdomain" is okay, too.


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Polytropon
>From Magdeburg, Germany
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