Re: RH4.2 -- hostname setup

[Mike Cummings <mook blarg net>]

On Wed, 31 Dec 1997, David Masterson wrote:

> I was just going through some of the RC scripts to see how the system is
> setup.  I'm also beginning to examine how the system is named (FQDN as well
> as name).  I have some questions about this:
> 
> * How are /etc/HOSTNAME and /etc/sysconfig/network synced?  Are they?
> * Should these places contain an FQDN or just a host name?
> * If you're using the caching-nameserver, should /etc/resolv.conf be set?
> * What's the difference between /etc/rc.d/rc and /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit?

I have the same questions, and I'd also like to know why Netscape keeps
telling me 'Host Spudboy is unknown', and complains that I probably won't
be able to load any pages (but I can, except the home page I set, which
always fails to open). I set up my hostname in Control-Panel, with
'Spudboy' as the hostname, and 'blarg.net' as the domain. I connect with
PPP, using 5.0. I, too rooted through my /etc/rc.d directory and couldn't
find a clue. (Of course, I checked every FAQ and HOWTO I could find).

I guess I just don't understand what the hostname means with a dynamic IP
address over PPP.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mike Cummings  NX7E
"The hit-and-run is the worst and dumbest play in baseball." - Earl Weaver