what is <MyHostname>

[Daniel Mateos]

You could also try 'chattr +i' ing the file to make it read only.
i think DHCP is overwriting it when it gets an IP from your MS? server.

Regards,

Daniel Mateos
daniel at mateos.ath.cx




On 26/12/2007, at 1:18 PM, Garry Trethewey wrote:

>
> the short version of this question is
> what is <MyHostname>
> as in
> /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1 localhost <MyHostname>
>
>
> The longer version of my question is
> since telstra killed all the phones in the area, I have no internet  
> connection. I also have incredibly slow program starts. Booting - 15  
> seconds at "starting log file"  line and 20 secs at the "starting  
> cups" line, and loading of all programs in both fiesty and grumpy  
> taking 30 secs, but running at normal speed when loaded. I'd  
> originally thought I'd got a buggy update for both, which would be  
> fixed in a week, but no-one else seemed to have the same prob, until  
> I found a forum describing my problem - slow loading of all  
> programs, normal speed once loaded, no internet.
>
>
> a forum responder said
> .....If it depends on an internet connection, it sounds scary. Are  
> you sure your loopback connections are fine?
>
> for me,
> garry at bert-gutsy:~$ ifconfig lo
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>          RX packets:71 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:71 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>          RX bytes:6738 (6.5 KB)  TX bytes:6738 (6.5 KB)
> looks like a prob to me, even if I don't know what it means.
>
> someone else said
> I solved my problem  by adding my hostname to /etc/hosts like so
> /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1 localhost <MyHostname>
>
> so, what's <MyHostname>      garry, bert-gutsy, bert-gutsy.mshome or  
> something else
>
> If I do that, will I be making a timebomb that will give me problems  
> later, or is it a good thing to do?
> ps, phone's back now, but I'll need this next time it rains.
> ------------------------------------
> Garry Trethewey
> I heard it's hard to transmit a virus in semaphore,
> but moving there didn't help.
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