Dear Niki. >> It should look like this: >> >> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost calimero.local >> calimero >> > > I slightly altered it: > > [kikinovak at calimero ~]$ cat /etc/hosts > # Do not remove the following line, or various programs > # that require network functionality will fail. > 127.0.0.1 calimero.local calimero localhost.localdomain localhost > > [kikinovak at calimero ~]$ hostname > calimero.local > [kikinovak at calimero ~]$ hostname --fqdn > calimero.local > > Wouldn't this be more correct? This is hard to decide. >From Slackwares /etc/hosts: ... # By the way, Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra at nvg.unit.no> says that 127.0.0.1 # should NEVER be named with the name of the machine. It causes problems for some (stupid) programs, irc and reputedly talk. ... From: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/10/msg00387.html it should be set to: 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain calimero calimero.local Best Regards Marcus