Re: Domain name to use on home networks

[gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>]

On 10/27/23 07:29, Pocket wrote:
> On 10/27/23 07:12, gene heskett wrote:
> > On 10/27/23 00:47, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > > > I would have thought that techies understand its origins, and
> > > > non-techies are fairly unlikely ever to encounter it.
> > >
> > > That's the thing: if you use `home.arpa` for your home network, suddenly
> > > it's exposed to non-techies, like your friends and family, contrary to
> > > things like `in-addr.arpa`.
> > >
> > >
> > >          Stefan
> > I tried to change just this machine to see how its done, and managed 
> > to get all the right answers, which did not affect my local network 
> > since I generally use the alias name for an ssh or sshfs login, but on 
> > a reboot its all gone.  So how the heck do we do that so it survives a 
> > reboot?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett.
>
>
> /etc/hosts
Its in there, for this machine, but on a reboot, the domainname reverts 
to "none" Apparently I didn't use the approved systemd way to change it.
from a cat of /etc/hosts:
192.168.71.3    coyote.home.arpa        coyote


Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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