On Wed, 14 May 2003, Daniel Nilsson wrote: > > Hi all, > > My RedHat-installs has the following line in /etc/hosts (host1 is the > real hostname): > > 127.0.0.1 host1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > Im running sendmail as null-client. > All root mail comes from root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx because sendmail thinks > this is the domain of the machine. > > I see 2 solutions to this problem. > > A) configure sendmail with the correct domainname. Not a very good idea, > this should be configured correctly by the OS I think. > > B) change /etc/hosts to: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > 192.168.0.2 host1 host1.domain.com > > To get the real hostname and the real FQDN tied to the real IP. > > Comments? Why does RedHat use localhost.localdomain? And why is the > hostname set on 127.0.0.1 and not on the real ip? > How is this a kickstart issue? -- Please, reply only to the list. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb
