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Setting a network hostname doesn't work
I'm on a Kubuntu 11.10 and I'm having trouble setting a hostname on the network.
I already tried changing send host-name "myhostname" in /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf or /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf with a ...
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Creating alias to domain name with /etc/hosts
I have a domain setup to point to my LAN's external IP using dynamic DNS, because my external IP address changes frequently. However, I want to create an alias to this host, so I can access it with ...
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What are the ramifications of setting the hostname?
I have several Amazon EC2 servers and I'm using Chef to manage the configuration. I'd like to set the hostname so that the default bash prompt is more helpful.
Right now after launching a new server ...
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Why the difference between network addresses reported by hostname and ping?
I have tried hostname and ping in a cluster machine, with different outputs. I am wondering what is the difference between the two? For example, on the same machine, hostname outputs node4.XXX and
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why is FQDN using external IP address
When postfix connects to the FQDN dur.bounceme.net it uses the external IP address:
root@dur:~#
root@dur:~# tail /var/log/mail.log
Aug 28 04:39:45 dur postfix/master[6667]: terminating on signal 15
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How do I get to use .local hostnames with Arch Linux?
If I'm using Ubuntu or Linux Mint (the only two flavours I've tried and know work for sure), I can run something like this:
wayne@myhost$ ssh wayne@otherhost.local
And the name is automagically ...
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Changing hostname without errors
I tried to change my hostname according to this guide for Debian based system:
I edited /etc/hostname
I ran /etc/init.d/hostname start
Though there are errors. Always when I write a sudo command ...
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How does traceroute resolve names?
While writing a script, I wanted to reference a machine by the computer name that I gave it (e.g. "selenium-rc"). I could not ping it using "selenium-rc", so I tried the following commands to see if ...
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New SL6 system: No hostname?
This is in regards to Scientific Linux 6.1 system, but should also apply to CentOS 6.1 & RHEL 6.1.
I am setting up a new Scientific Linux 6.1 system, using kickstart and DHCP (via xCAT). This ...
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`hostname` - host name or FQDN?
What is the right thing to set a computer's hostname to? (/bin/hostname, /etc/hostname, sethostname(2), etc.)
I usually just use the "name" part, and it works perfectly (for me at least), but I've ...
