Ed Greshko wrote:
Bob Goodwin wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 11:52 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain loacalhost box1
10.1.1.2 box2 box2
10.1.1.3 box3 box3
10.1.1.4 box4 box4
10.1.1.1 box1 127.0.0.1
192.168.1.226 box1 127.0.0.1
Try:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
10.1.1.2 box2
10.1.1.3 box3
10.1.1.4 box4
10.1.1.1 box1
192.168.1.226 box10
Do not try giving the same alias or hostname to two different IP
addresses, that's bound to cause problems. Also, there's no need to put
the same name as an alias as you've got as a hostname, the aliases are
*optional* *alternatives*.
I've changed /etc/hosts pretty much as you suggested:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
10.1.1.2 box2
10.1.1.3 box3
10.1.1.4 box4
10.1.1.1 box1
192.168.1.226 box1
But that leaves me with two lines aliased to box1, I'm not sure if that
can cause problems?
Can I put the bridge address on the line above it?
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
10.1.1.2 box2
10.1.1.3 box3
10.1.1.4 box4
10.1.1.1 192.168.1.226 box1
That looks as though it should accomplish the same thing?
Me thinks you need to do some homework on the format of the hosts file.
Please do "man hosts" and read a bit.
Ok, I read and reread the man page for hosts and hostname, etc. They
put very little light on the subject of configuring /et/hosts beyond the
ground rules that I am already familiar with. Removing the "box1" alias
from the first line results in a very slow reboot of the system, it
stalls on "sendmail" and "sm-client" for something on the order of a
minute on each one, adding "box1" reduces the entire boot process to
what seems like less than a minute on this old computer.
The man page says nothing about aliases, just shows a few in the example
and it also seems to be saying that the host names must begin with a
"letter." "They must begin with an *_alphabetic*_ character and
end with an alphanumeric character." I suspect that's a typo and it
should read begin and end with alphanumeric character?
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain box1
10.1.1.2 box2
10.1.1.3 box3
10.1.1.4 box4
10.1.1.1 box1
192.168.1.226 box1
None of the above start with an "alphabetic" character but they work and
are in the default format? Notice that I had to tack "box1" onto line
one to get the boot process to work normally. Am I still doing
something else wrong? I'm not trying to be cantankerous, I would simply
like to know how to do this correctly. Is there a more definitive
explanation somewhere that I need to read?
Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia w2bod
