On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 12:52 +0300, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: > for the /etc/hosts file , either you mistyped or you mean > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > 127.0.0.1 ini-wf.indystar.com ini-wf > > The third argument is the allias . > The allias is a short name that you use to call your machine . > You can have as many alliases as you wish seperated by commas . Separated by spaces or tabs, not commas. e.g. 192.168.0.1 example.com news ftp www Aliases can also be FQDNs, they're just alternatives: e.g. 192.168.0.1 example.com news.example.com ftp.example.com www.example.com -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
