On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Baho Utot <baho-utot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Friday 08 January 2010 10:23:20 Magnus Therning wrote: [..] >> There's an explanation for it here >> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway.en.html#s-net-dns > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Not Found > The requested URL /doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway.en.html was not found on > this server. > Apache Server at www.debian.org Port 80 Indeed, today that link doesn't work :( I found it here[1], and the explanation is copied: Some software (e.g., GNOME) expects the system hostname to be resolvable to an IP address with a canonical fully qualified domain name. This is really improper because system hostnames and domain names are two very different things; but there you have it. In order to support that software, it is necessary to ensure that the system hostname can be resolved. Most often this is done by putting a line in /etc/hosts containing some IP address and the system hostname. If your system has a permanent IP address then use that; otherwise use the address 127.0.1.1. /M [1]: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/what-does-127.0.1.1-mean-623421/ -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe
