On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 16:20 +0100, Michael Thompson wrote: > On 06/04/2010 16:05, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 15:51 +0100, Michael Thompson wrote: > > > >> When I change the hostname on my fedora 12 box, from the installation > >> default of localhost.localdomain, the network dies until it is reset > >> back. > >> > > "localhost" is assumed always to exist and to be bound to 127.0.0.1 (see > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localhost). You can of course give your > > machine another name as well (just add additional names to the localhost > > line in /etc/hosts), but you can't remove the meaning of localhost > > without breaking things. > > > > poc > > > > > Yup, I knew that. I'm changing the network name, not localhost. The > hosts file reads: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost feddesk > ::1 localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost feddesk Your original post says "When I change the hostname on my fedora 12 box, from the installation default of localhost.localdomain ...". "Change from the default" means "substitute something for the default". > Believe it or not, I'm not stupid. No-one called you stupid, so that kind of reaction is uncalled for. And don't push the blame for a misunderstanding onto the reader when your question is badly formulated. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
