/etc/hosts should say: 127.0.0.1 geidiprime.servebeer.com -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of hawat.thufir@xxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 3:04 PM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: FQDN, hostname and telnet Why can't I telnet to "geidiprime.servebeer.com", which is my FQDN? [thufir@geidiprime ~]$ [thufir@geidiprime ~]$ telnet localhost nntp Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. 200 Leafnode NNTP Daemon, version 1.11.5 running at servebeer.com (my fqdn: geidiprime.servebeer.com) ^] telnet> quit Connection closed. [thufir@geidiprime ~]$ telnet geidiprime Trying 127.0.0.1... telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused [thufir@geidiprime ~]$ telnet geidiprime.servebeer.com telnet: geidiprime.servebeer.com: Name or service not known geidiprime.servebeer.com: Unknown host [thufir@geidiprime ~]$ cat /etc/hosts # Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail. 127.0.0.1 servebeer.com geidiprime localhost [thufir@geidiprime ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=geidiprime.servebeer.com [thufir@geidiprime ~]$ date Mon Aug 21 23:02:17 IST 2006 [thufir@geidiprime ~]$ thanks, Thufir -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
