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Topic: hostname help

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Could somebody help me with setting hostname please

this is how it looks now

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.1.1       RoundishKungfu.us       RoundishKungfu

I am just unclear on how its suppost to end up looking

if i'm right in thinking I need to put what I put in for first domain name that would be mail.roundishkungfu.us is that right?

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Re: hostname help

Put the server hostname in /etc/hosts.

For example, IF your server hostname is 'mail.mydomain.com', you should update the '127.0.0.1' line in /etc/hosts like below:

127.0.0.1 mail.mydomain.com mail localhost localhost.localdomain

warning: do NOT list your virtual mail domain name in /etc/hosts.

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Re: hostname help

so if I paste this into /etc/hosts that is all I need?


127.0.0.1 roundishkungfu.us mail localhost localhost.localdomain

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Re: hostname help

also do I need this localhost.localdomain because it was not on there to begin with?

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Re: hostname help

astley wrote:

so if I paste this into /etc/hosts that is all I need?


127.0.0.1 roundishkungfu.us mail localhost localhost.localdomain

Yes.

astley wrote:

also do I need this localhost.localdomain because it was not on there to begin with?

localhost.localdomain is optional.