> I'm sure that they have their reasons. But, I don't think that its > required in /etc/hosts... Just reversible [that is, they can look up an > IP address for your hostname]. > Oh I see. Well, my DHCP server gives me the following hostname: [root@rfc1918 julien]# hostname rfc1918.space.should.not.be.used.on.publicips I think it's a weird hostname, and my modem probably does something wrong... Anyway, such a hostname is probably not reversible unless I add it manually in /etc/hosts just next to 127.0.0.1, which works. > In my /etc/sysconfig/network file, I have the following: > > NETWORKING=yes > HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain > > Then, my /etc/hosts file has: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > It works for me with DHCP. > I have exactly the same thing in /etc/sysconfig/network, but when the eth0 connection is started, my hostname changes to this strange "rfc1918.space.should.not.be.used.on.publicips". > Hope this helps.... > A little bit :) Thanks ! -- Julien Olivier <julo@xxxxxxxxxx>
