OK I don't think anyone thinks you are stupid... Just people trying to be helpful.. Every time I post.. I get great answers and help. YMMV Marvin On 4/6/10, Michael Thompson <maverickapollo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 06/04/2010 16:05, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 15:51 +0100, Michael Thompson wrote: >> >>> When I change the hostname on my fedora 12 box, from the installation >>> default of localhost.localdomain, the network dies until it is reset >>> back. >>> >> "localhost" is assumed always to exist and to be bound to 127.0.0.1 (see >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localhost). You can of course give your >> machine another name as well (just add additional names to the localhost >> line in /etc/hosts), but you can't remove the meaning of localhost >> without breaking things. >> >> poc >> >> > Yup, I knew that. I'm changing the network name, not localhost. The > hosts file reads: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost feddesk > ::1 localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost feddesk > > Believe it or not, I'm not stupid. > > > > > -- > Michael Thompson > http://maverickapollo.wordpress.com > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
