/etc/hosts

nuxie1 · 11-13-2002, 11:48 PM

Im almost up to this bit of the install (Creating the /etc/hosts file) but I dont know what to put down.

cat > /etc/hosts << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/hosts (network card version)

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.1.15 www.mydomain.org <value of HOSTNAME>

# End /etc/hosts (network card version)
EOF

I want my IP address to be 192.168.1.15, so would the above work?
Im not sure what <value of HOSTNAME> or www.mydomain is used for.

It will just be on my local home network, with a gateway 192.168.1.1

adam_boz · 11-14-2002, 01:24 AM

just put whatever you want your domain and hostname to be. you can make it up.... here's mine:

192.168.1.101 adam.org lfs2

You can also put ip addresses here that you use a lot, so that you don't have to look it up via DNS (makes connections a little faster sometimes)

you set the gateway in the /etc/sysconfig/network file. here's mine:

HOSTNAME=lfs2
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
GATEWAY_IF=eth0