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Subject: Re: hostname on /etc/hosts file
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 14:04:46 -0400
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You have to specify it explicitly. -- Jonathan
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Radhika Sambamurti" <radhika_narendran@yahoo.com>
To: "Gene Harris" <geneh51@swbell.net>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: hostname on /etc/hosts file


> Of course I entered my specific "hostname" in the file.
> My question is why does it not understand that my hostname
> is also the localhost?
>
> --- Gene Harris <geneh51@swbell.net> wrote:
> > Have you entered your machine's name using hostname?  It
> > needs to know who
> > it is.
> >
> > Gene
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Radhika Sambamurti" <radhika_narendran@yahoo.com>
> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 7:41 PM
> > Subject: hostname on /etc/hosts file
> >
> >
> > > My etc/host file has only the first line as "localhost"
> > > without my hostname on the line. Every time I startx,
> > Gnome
> > > tells me that my hostname could not be found and that I
> > > should put it in etc/hosts file.
> > >
> > > When I put it in the file, I kept getting mail...saying
> > > "hostname" not found .
> > >
> > > Any idea of what I might try here or what is going on.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Radhika
> > >
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