Re: cannot ping my own machine
On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 05:03:30PM -0800, schmity wrote:
> <grep -i -l Sandstorm /etc/*> lists only the /etc/hosts file.
> <grep -i -l Linuxbox /etc/*> lists /etc/hostname and /etc/motd.
>
> I changed the /etc/hosts file so that the localhost is now Linuxbox,
> ran <hostname -F /etc/hosthame> and now I am able to ping Linuxbox.
>
> Kent, you said there might be more files. Did I miss them?
You might like to know that Debian has some very well thought out
rules about what goes where on a proper Debian box. These rules are
set forth and explained in Filesystem Hierarchy Standard,
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ . You're not expected to know all these
rules, but if you ever wonder why something is where it is, this is
the place to look for an reasoned explanation.
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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