Re: Name resolution

[Telecom Tom <tom scott veda-home com>]

This is a general question about the netcfg, the GNU network
configurator. Where can I find a man file or documentation on it?


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Subject: Re: Name resolution
Resent-Date: 23 Dec 1999 08:11:09 -0000
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Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 09:11:06 +0100 (CET)
From: Woody ALBRECHT <woody vega walbrecht com>
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Put your hostname into the file /etc/sysconfig/network and it will
work
...

mfg Woody ALBRECHT (LIFE OUTSIDE CAVES IS COMPLICATED)
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On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Kevin Colby wrote:

> Jim Reynolds wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Everone,
> > 
> > I have a server with RH 5.2 installed on it and 2 windozs boxes hooked
> > to it.  I can ping any box from another by number but not by name. The
> > same is for telnet.
> > 
> > This is my host file:
> > 
> > 127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost
> > 192.168.1.254   server.reynolds.com     server
> > 192.168.1.1     up.reynolds.com         up
> > 192.168.1.2     down.reynolds.com       down
> > 
> > What am I overlooking here?
> 
> Sorry, but I want to get some things straight first.
> 
> This is /etc/hosts on the Linux box, correct?
> Is this file also on the Windows boxes?
> You can't ping by name from any of these machines or only some?
> You aren't trying to use DNS, just hosts files, right?
> 
> 	- Kevin Colby
> 	  kevinc grainsystems com