Re: Configuring hostname, domainname, and IP address

From: Baho Utot (baho-utot_at_philippnies-island.org)
Date: 01/02/04 

Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 04:01:00 GMT

linuxquestion@yahoo.com wrote:

> HI,
>
> Sorry to ask another dumb question.
>
> I want to configure my Redhat Advanced server 2.1 to
> into a local network. I plan to have only two nodes.
>
> hostname: red
> ip address: 10.0.0.1
> domainname: testrac.com
>
> hostname: white
> ip address: 10.0.0.2
> domainname: testrac.com
>
> So far, I am only working with the first machine, red.
> I'm trying to get the machine to recognize itself as
> red.testrac.com, at IP 10.0.0.1. On domain: testrac.com
>
>
> I have modified these files:
>
> cat /etc/hosts
> # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
> # that require network functionality will fail.
> 127.0.0.1 red red.testrac.com localhost.localdomain localhost
> 10.0.0.1 red red.testrac.com
>

The format is FQDN followed by aliases

This is what it should read instead
 127.0.0.1 red.testrac.com red localhost.localdomain localhost
                --------------- +++ +++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++
where ---- is the fully qualified domainname
and ++++ are aliases

>
> cat /etc/sysconfig/network
> NETWORKING=yes
> HOSTNAME=red.testrac.com

Ok

> hostname --long
> red
> (odd. Why not the whole name?)

Because the hosts file is barfed

>
>
> domainname
> (none)

Ok

>
> dnsdomainname
> - nothing

Should read
dnsdomainname
testrac.com red

Later Dude

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