-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The line in your /etc/hosts should look like: 127.0.0.1 localhost Since you're on dial-up, you're probably not using dyndns.org, in which case, that line should be just as I typed it above, there shouldn't be mention of anything other then localhost there. The file you want to look at when dealing with dns is /etc/resolv.conf. However, don't mess with /etc/resolv.conf until you've fixed your /etc/hosts, and determined that your problem still isn't solved. Briefly, the syntax of /etc/resolv.conf is something like: search domain.com nameserver 111.222.333.444 nameserver 555.666.777.888 Where domain.com is the domain name of your dial-up ISP, and the nameserver lines contain the IP address(es) of your ISP's name servers. For more on resolv.conf, try the resolv.conf man page, which actually seems to point to resolver(5) on my system. Greg On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 05:42:40PM -0500, ace wrote: > Hello all, > > I was configuring Postfix today and did a little tweeking in my hosts > file. Now, I can't connect to anything unless I supply the IP! What > is up with this? It is not my IP bc I am able to go anywhere in > Windblows. I was advised to use this line in my hosts file: > 127.0.0.1 amelia.dyndns.org localhost > > Note that the host I have above does not resolve; it is fake. I am > on dialup so I don't care about hostnames on the box and stuff. > > Robby > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD7+hK7s9z/XlyUyARAvnZAJ9lQClwIP0RG75MCKIMDqeZvtGOjQCfb9Dq IrWcyt5PQO7Jx1BtYzcU74k= =n3of -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
