On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 15:33 -0400, Alfred von Campe wrote: > On Jun 16, 2009, at 15:30, Renato de Oliveira Diogo wrote: > > > The fm1185.bose.com is hostname of the host, correct? > > Try put: > > === > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost fm1185.bose.com > > No, it's the name of the Windows XP machine where the VM is running. > I always remove the hostname from the localhost line. Too many > things break when the actual host name is present on the localhost line. > > Alfred ---Correct: ::1 localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.0.37 xxxxx0 XP Machine Here 192.168.0.7 xxxxx1 linux vm ---- The machine settings and name can also come from: /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default. No one has mentioned that. Use "hostname "your_name" to set the hostname. john