Re: How to put a domain name on "eth0"?

[Aleksandar Milivojevic <amilivojevic pbl ca>]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> Vinicius wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > How to put a domain name on "eth0" manually, please?
> >
> > The file "/etc/hosts" shows: "127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain 
> > ajax.apto317    localhost       ajax"
> >
> > "ifconfig" shows "eth0" with a private address 10.X.X.X . I would like 
> > this address be "ajax.apto317".
>
>
> Changing your /etc/hosts file as follows will probably do what you want:
>
> 127.0.0.1    localhost.localdomain localhost
> 10.X.X.X    ajax.apto317 ajax

While you are correct about chaning /etc/hosts file (for most of the 
utilities this will do the job), ifconfig will always show the IP 
address.  Ifconfig should show IP configuration of network interface. 
No names on that level.

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