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hansi umayangan 12-23-2004 03:12 AM
localhost.localdomain
 
how can i change localhost.localdomain

when i telnet 192.168.5.10 25 ( my mail server )

it always comes like localhost.localdomain

how can i change this

mijenks 12-23-2004 03:28 AM
different distributions have different ways. first step would be (in slackware) change /etc/hostname from localhost to <yourhostname>. it is maybe in /etc/init.d/hostname or some other such thing for RH or debian. (whereis hostname).

hansi umayangan 12-23-2004 03:54 AM
I am using redhat advance server
file is /etc/hosts
what should i change inside the file

hansi umayangan 12-23-2004 04:10 AM
file format like this (/etc/hosts)

127.0.0.1 redlin localhost.localdomain localhost


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