RE: domain setup & email/DSL:followup
yes, the installation does ask for a machine name (default=debian)
and (IIRC) a domain name *IF* you are in a domain. If nothing is
entered here, it's ok b/c the machine will always have the
"localhost" domain to work with (for sending admin mail, etc.
e.g.: root@localhost is all you need for local delivery to root).
But if you want to run glennbecker.net out of this box, then you
should assign it that hostname. If you don't do this from the
start well then it may be as simple as changing /etc/hostname or
as difficult as running a local dns just to translate whatever name
you started with to glennbecker.net (not really sure on this, I've
never had to do it.)
good luck, George
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Becker [mailto:glenn@icarus.usanetworks.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 11:32 AM
> To: George Wright
> Cc: Debian Users List
> Subject: RE: domain setup & email/DSL:followup
>
>
>
> thanks!
>
> i have the numeric ip. it's the rest i guess i need to do.
>
> ok, tho ... look out, here comes another bonehead Q! i swear
> i remember
> being asked to supply the name -- or even domain name -- of my system
> when i did the Debian installation/setup. would it have been
> ok at that
> point to have named my machine "joe_bltsflk" or "HAL" or just plain
> "localhost" if i had no intention of running a webserver or having "my
> own" email address?
>
> perhaps that question can simply be ignored during setup. or
> can domain
> names in that sense be self-assigned - that is if they have no
> relevance outside the particular machine? it doesn't sound right ...
>
> i apologize for continuing to rattle at such a low level. it
> is helping,
> believe it or not. thank you!
>
> g
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> // G l e n n B e c k e r
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> |
> // I don't wanna kill my china pig.
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> // -- Captain Beefheart
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> // glenn@scifi.com
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> At 11:07am on Fri, 9 Feb 2001, George Wright wrote:
>
> > glennbecker.net will have to hook up w/a "real" ip address if you
> > want to use it outside of your own lan.
> >
> > First you need an isp to assign you a static ip address, then you
> > can register glennbecker.net and have that name point to the ip
> > address assigned to you by the isp.
> >
> > Once it's registered it may take a few days to proliferate to the
> > various DNS's, but you'll be in business.
> >
> > No expert here, but HTH, George
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Glenn Becker [mailto:glenn@icarus.usanetworks.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 11:01 AM
> > > To: Debian Users List
> > > Subject: Re: domain setup & email/DSL:followup
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ok,
> > >
> > > i'm feeling a bit silly for having mailed the list on this
> > > topic ... but i
> > > guess i'd be worse off if i just remained blissfully
> > > ignorant, right? :-)
> > >
> > > i must risk further embarrassment or learn nothin.'
> > >
> > > very simply: if i *choose* a domain name -- glennbecker.net
> > > is available,
> > > i find -- and register it, then change the name of my system,
> > > that should
> > > solve most of if not all the problems - am i right?
> > >
> > > it was in retrospect NOT logical in any way for me to
> have named this
> > > machine "debian.atomcam.com" since atomcam.com is registered
> > > to my wife
> > > and the actual MACHINE(S) hosting that domain are in no way
> > > anywhere near
> > > me but are in fact warped.net machines.
> > >
> > > someone just tell me whether i'm getting warmer or colder ...
> > >
> > > thx
> > >
> > > g
> > > ______________________________________________________________
> > > ___________
> > >
> > > |
> > > // G l e n n B e c k e r
> > > |
> > >
> > > |
> > > // I don't wanna kill my china pig.
> > > |
> > > // -- Captain Beefheart
> > > |
> > >
> > > |
> > > // glenn@scifi.com
> > > |
> > > ______________________________________________________________
> > > ___________|
> > >
> > > At 9:54am on Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Glenn Becker wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > All,
> > > >
> > > > I'm wondering if I made an error when I initially set up my
> > > > machine.
> > > >
> > > > My wife runs a webcam site at www.atomcam.com. The site is
> > > hosted by a
> > > > company called warped, and our DSL service is provided
> by another
> > > > company (the whole DSL thing is something I know v.
> little -- in a
> > > > technical sense -- about). We have a cluster of 5 static
> > > IPs and I use one
> > > > of them, the other four being for the cams, some of which
> > > have their own
> > > > internal IP addresses.
> > > >
> > > > When I set up my Debian box, I named it debian.atomcam.com,
> > > which seemed
> > > > logical at the time. I have since changed the numeric IP
> > > (we switched DSL
> > > > providers when it turned out the former one had NOT BEEN
> > > PAYING THEIR
> > > > BILLS to Covad ...) but have kept the debian.atomcam.com name.
> > > >
> > > > My networking-totally-ignorant question is: can I just
> > > "take" this name
> > > > like this and assign it to my machine and "expect" things to
> > > > work? Telnetting out (and *in* from outside when I use
> > > numeric IP) works
> > > > fine, as do surfing, etc. But I have been trying to set up
> > > email -- I
> > > > supposedly have a POP account with warped, for one -- and
> > > having no luck.
> > > >
> > > > I don't expect the list to hold my hand and teach me
> > > networking, but if
> > > > anyone can point me toward a good set of documents, I'd be
> > > > grateful. If nothing else it sort of frightens me that
> this machine
> > > > may be a sitting duck, security wise. And I hate being
> ignorant! :0)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Glenn
> > > >
> > > ______________________________________________________________
> > > ___________
> > > >
> > > |
> > > > // G l e n n B e c k e r
> > > |
> > > >
> > > |
> > > > // I don't wanna kill my china pig.
> > > |
> > > > // -- Captain Beefheart
> > > |
> > > >
> > > |
> > > > // glenn@scifi.com
> > > |
> > > >
> > > ______________________________________________________________
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> > > >
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