[154] in RedHat Linux List
Re: A few small colgate bugs.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wierdl Mate)
Mon Oct 21 18:35:29 1996
To: Wierdl Mate <matyi@wierdlmpc.msci.memphis.edu>
cc: Anthony Martin <amartin@engr.csulb.edu>, redhat-list@redhat.com
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 21 Oct 1996 07:51:36 CDT."
<199610211251.HAA16815@moni.msci.memphis.edu>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 09:07:28 -0500
From: Wierdl Mate <matyi@wierdlmpc.msci.memphis.edu>
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
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> > 1. During the install, it asks for the network configuration. First you
> > enter the domain name, and then when you go to the next field (hostname),
> > it appends the domain name and puts the cursor at the beginning,
> > suggesting that the first field should be for example "redhat.com" and the
> > hostname should be "speedy.redhat.com". But this sets it up so that
> > 'hostname' returns "speedy.redhat.com" instead of just "speedy". I don't
> > think this is correct and it can cause confusion for things such as samba
> > and diald.
>
>
> This is interesting: I had problems with sendmail, telnet and ftp
> after upgrading to Colgate. This might have been caused by the fact
> that at the the time of the ftp upgrade I filled in my full hostname
> moni.msci.memphis.edu
> instead of just
> moni
> Maybe this (possibly wrong) info then somehow got saved
> at the end of the upgrade (I was not asked about it during
> installation).
>
> Mate
Let me add that the Red Hat User Guide on page 15 seems to make it
clear that under `Hostname' they mean the *full* hostname.
Mate
M\'at\'e Wierdl
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Memphis,
E-mail: matyi@moni.msci.memphis.edu
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