On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 03:08:44PM -0700, Patrick B. O'Brien wrote: > > /etc/hosts should say: > > 127.0.0.1 geidiprime.servebeer.com No, it should not. 127.0.0.1 should always be at least: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost Otherwise certain long-standing Unix traditions will break, with dire consequences. You can add other things to that line, but it's not a good idea. Instead add a new line with your NIC's IP address pointing to your FQDN, followed by the hostname. e.g: 192.168.1.4 geidiprime.servebeer.com geidiprime The FQDN must agree exactly with the host name as shown in /etc/sysconfig/network. The OP's list of his /etc/hosts showed that it was different: "servebeer.com geidiprime localhost". So "servebeer.com", "geidiprime", or "localhost" should have worked, but not geidiprime.servebeer.com, which is what he tried. However, domain name resolution is not the only problem. When the OP did "telnet geidiprime", the host name was successfully resolved. The connection was refused, which suggests that the telnet server is not set up correctly. Possibly it needs to be turned on for xinetd's benefit. Or possibly it is only listening on the NIC, not on the loopback device (127.0.0.1). > > > > -----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 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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