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[steve <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >>
> >>Shouldn't DNS take care of that?
> >
> >Have you got a fully functioning DNS set up on your
> > network?
>
> I hope so. Certainly, my web service (Apache)
> distinguishes between my domain names. However, whilst my
> XP workstation seems to resolve the FQDN of my Linux
> (SuSE 9.2) server, my laptop (also SUSE 9.2) does not.
>
> All of my configuartion has been with YAST; which files
> do I need to edit (and with what information) to sort
> this?
>
> Thanks

You know that your DNS isn't working because putting the IP 
instead of the hostname in the yast NFS configuration 
module worked whereas the hostname didn't. I'd recommend 
getting it working with /etc/hosts first as setting up a 
DNS is not a small task.

So the file you need to edit is /etc/hosts. You can also 
edit this file from yast. 
Good luck, Steve.