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Old 07-28-2006, 04:31 PM   #1
tommy916
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setup domains in /etc/hosts


I have a new dedicated server. In the file /etc/hosts

Should I set to

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127.0.0.1     yourdomain.com   localhost.localdomain  localhost
or

Code:
127.0.0.1          localhost.localdomain   localhost
123.456.789.1      yourdomain.com
 
Old 07-28-2006, 05:19 PM   #2
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What you're doing in /etc/hosts is adding the name and address of other systems that this system can get to by name (with ssh and the like). You do not want to add anything to the localhost line (never ever, just leave it be). So, if your other system is named foo.bar, your hosts file would look like this:

127.0.0.1 localhost
123.456.789.1 foo.bar foo

That way you can refer to foo.bar as simply foo; e.g., ssh foo, or with the full name, ssh foo.bar
 
  


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