topic Re: redhat HOSTNAME & hosts in Operating System - Linux

redhat HOSTNAME & hosts

tuhin — Tue, 20 Aug 2002 04:41:08 GMT

i am using redhat 7.1. my HOSTNAME is "ns.lx01.com" and hosts file entry is -
11.11.11.11 ns.lx01.com ns www mail #(with Alices)
127.0.0.1 localhost
and my dns has entry -
NS ns.lx01.com.
MX 10 mail.lx01.com.
lx01.com. A 11.11.11.11 (*)
ns A 11.11.11.11
mail CNAME ns.lx01.com.
www CNAME ns.lx01.com.
localhost 127.0.0.1 (**)
pls confirm me is this correct specialy *** mark
and do i need to add . end of localhost A entry?

Re: redhat HOSTNAME & hosts

U.SivaKumar_2 — Tue, 20 Aug 2002 06:31:20 GMT

Hi,
you are wrong. It should be like this
lx01 IN A 11.11.11.11

regards,
U.SivaKumar

Re: redhat HOSTNAME & hosts

tuhin — Wed, 21 Aug 2002 05:56:50 GMT

but if i enter lx01 11.11.11.11 without and ending .,
it should lx01.lx01.com but i wants my dns name is lx01.com on ip 11.11.11.11,
is this so?
and pls confirm me do i need to add localhost 127.0.0.1
adn do i have to end with .,
i mean: localhost. A 127.0.0.1

what about my hosts file name entry.