On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, [iso-8859-1] André Bell wrote: > While I'm at it, is it necessary to setup a DNS in order to give a > server a name? I've no intention of going online with this particular > pc. No. DNS is only necessary if you want to go on the Internet. If you are not on any network (or if you only have a home LAN) you can do everything you need with the /etc/hosts file.