Question about networking.

[JD Runyan]

Choose a hostname that isn't attached to your dynadns.  Say you use
hollycow.mydomain.com, then set up the local machine to use for all non
network services hollycow.localdomain.  Then your prompts and such look
correct, but KDE, GNome and the like don't complain.

On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 10:03, Jason Clinton wrote:
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> Linux and X (especially Gnome and KDE) generally require a fully qualified
> domain name that resolves to an IP. Generally, I've just been using a DHCP
> server equiped with dynamic DNS on our network... but, when I take the laptop
> with me away from the office and fire up Gnome, it complains because the name no
> longer resolves because I'm not attached to the network anymore.
> 
> So, how do I either:
> 1. Switch to no host name (localhost.localdomain) when I'm away from the
> network, or
> 2. Set my hosts file entry to 127.0.0.1 for my host name
> ... automatically.
> 
> I have been doing this manually but it requires waiting _forever_ for the
> network to fail out and then a complete reboot and waiting _forever_ again. I
> would like the OS to take care of this task simply.
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Jason D. Runyan
USDA NITC KC
Mid-Range Systems