Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:58:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Radhika Sambamurti <radhika_narendran@yahoo.com> To: Gene Harris <geneh51@swbell.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hostname on /etc/hosts file Message-ID: <20010626175856.73401.qmail@web9306.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <002e01c0fdd9$da9b1120$6401a8c0@development>
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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 > > > > ===== > > It's all a matter of perspective. You can choose your > view by choosing > where to stand. > > --Larry Wall > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the > message > > ===== It's all a matter of perspective. You can choose your view by choosing where to stand. --Larry Wall __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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