leafnode - domain name error on install - help needed

From: Mark Hobley (markhobley_at_hotpop.deletethisbit.com)
Date: 09/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 19:05:17 GMT

I have just tried to install leafnode on one of my machines. During install
an error occured:

Leafnode must have a fully-qualified and globally unique domain name,
not just "charon".

Why can't I use the name "charon"?

The name charon is the unique name for this machine on my network.

/etc/hostname contains the entry "charon" on this machine.
/etc/hosts on all machines contains the entry: 10.0.0.11 charon.

I do not wish to change the name "charon", and I still wish to refer to the
machine as "charon" in all instances. I also wish for system messages from this
machine to be labelled as coming from "charon".

How do I fix leafnode without messing up my network or other software ?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

Regards,

Mark. 

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Mark Hobley
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