On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Marcus Moeller <mm at gcug.de> wrote: > > So the conclusion seems to be: > > If you have a local interface only you should just set: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > ::1 localhost6 > > in /etc/hosts and > > HOSTNAME=localhost > > in /etc/sysconfig/network > > This means it is not suggested to have a hostname other than localhost > on a loopback only box. > > If you have an network interface configured /etc/hosts may look like: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > ::1 localhost6 > 10.0.0.50 host.domain.example host > > and > > HOSTNAME=host.domain.example > > in /etc/sysconfig/network > I'm curious - I have a local 192.168.x.x subnet inside my firewall that I would like to give a name other than just "localdomain." Does it matter what I use, or are their words/pieces I should avoid? This is strictly for my internal subnet, not visible to the outside world at all. Thanks. mhr