assign hostname
 

I've installed a new copy of Ubuntu 10.10.Now the big question for me is how do we assign hostname to a given ip?

I've given the hostname during the server installation and "cat hosts" says "ebox" hostname I'm trying to put on.Also,I modified the network/interfaces to static and assigned proper values.

#hostname returns ipaddr not the hostname. Also nslookup hostname/ipaddr says server can't find ....

So,is installing dns through bind and setting-up the only way to do that?

Any suggestions?

Thanks

To which IP?
You can add in /etc/hosts
Kind regards

I've an entry in /etc/hosts

like

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 ebox.mydomain.com ebox

do I replace 127.0.1.1 ebox.mydomain.com ebox with 10.0.0.44 ebox.mydomain.com ebox

Thanks

replace 127.0.1.1 with the ip from your server.

Kind regards

#hostname now returns "ebox" but nslookup still says "server can't find ebox".

What could be the problem

regards

Did you configured a DNS entry for ebox?
What do you want to achieve?
If you use
it should give you the correct IP

Kind regards

to my knowledge I'm sure of the dns entries in resolv.conf


ping ebox from outside hosts says unknown host;ping ebox from localmachine gives the correct ipaddr and finally ping ipaddr reply back too

Regards


Andrew

Do you mean from inside your LAN?
Just add the ip and name in /etc/resolv.conf
from the outside host.
If you mean from outside the network, via the internet, you need to register your domain, and create a DNS entry.

/etc/resolv.conf is not DNS, ping etc first look in this file, if they find it, they will use it, else they will use global DNS

Kind regards

I'm sorry but is it just "nameserver ip" (or) "ebox ip" in the other /etc/resolv.conf. And when I mean hosts,it means any terminal in the network,via the internet. Sorry if this confused you. Domain is already registered and has a DNS entry

The same entry as in the resolv.conf on the server.
If the domain is registered, and the dns entry is made, then your server has a public ip, right?
If not, the name will resolve to the public ip from the router.
If you want to use nslookup, you need to give the whole domainname mydomain.com
If this doesn't work, it's possible DNS isn't propagated yet.

Kind regards