Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 08:34:55 -0500 From: Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> To: Daniel Underwood <djuatdelta@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xfce unable to lookup hostname Message-ID: <d356c5630905070634p32f22c1m5086061fbd1c8178@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b6c05a470905070614h5a665f8ai15b03a192666b1b9@mail.gmail.com> References: <b6c05a470905070614h5a665f8ai15b03a192666b1b9@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Daniel Underwood <djuatdelta@gmail.com>wrote: > Every time I log in to xfce, it throws a warning that it cannot lookup > "bsdbox" (which is my hostname as defined in rc.conf). The warning > dialog suggests altering /etc/hosts to fix the problem. In fact, it's > not a "problem" because my WAN connectivity is fine, but I still want > to resolve this. > > In /etc/hosts there are two lines containing: > > localhost localhost.my.domain > > Since I'm connecting to the Internet through a dynamic-IP ISP without > a reserved domain name, I have nothing with which to replace > "my.domain". > > What should I do to resolve this issue? In a situation like this > (note: I am behind a home router), is there actually anything I can > replace "my.domain" with? > > Pardon my very limited understanding of networking concepts :) > > Thanks, > Daniel > _______________________________________________ > <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Try adding the following line to /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 bsdbox bsdbox.my.domain Do not delete the localhost lines. Andrew
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