Re: configuration of a linux router

[peasthope@shaw.ca]

Douglas,

dt> Now you're using shaw.ca for your home domain.  Do you own that?  Would
you like to e.g. relay mail for all of shaw.ca?

Not really.  

OK, I've invented the domain name petershouse; 
the current hosts file follows.  Please let me know of any 
remaining errors.

Isn't there a place to specify the domain, analogous to /etc/hostname?  
Unfortunate that these matters aren't mentioned in the hosts 
man page.  Also, I wonder that /etc/hostname, /etc/hosts, 
/etc/network/interfaces and perhaps a few other files haven't 
been amalgated into one.  Excessive fragmentation increases 
the likelihood of confusion and error.

Thanks,          ... Peter E.

# /etc/hosts file
127.0.0.1	localhost.localdomain localhost

# Private LANs at home 
172.23.4.1	joule.petershouse	joule
172.23.4.2	curie.petershouse	curie

172.23.5.1	joule.petershouse	joule
172.23.5.2	heaviside.petershouse	heaviside

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
  


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