* Randall R Schulz <rschulz@sonic.net> [04-08-09 20:51]:
Having switched my two systems from their fake names to the synthetic but real DNS names assigned by the ISP based on their (static) IP address, I find I am no longer able to access these hosts by their local aliases.
I have these lines in /etc/hosts on "twain":
# Fayette208 LAN 208.201.233.232 twain 208.201.233.233 smiley
On "smiley", I have these:
# Fayette208 LAN 208.201.233.233 208-201-233-233.dsl.static.sonic.net 208-201-233-233 smiley 208.201.233.232 208-202-233-232.dsl.static.sonic.net 208-202-233-232 twain
However, the names "smiley" and "twain" do not work on either system to refer to themselves or each other.
What's the configuration I need to be able to use the short aliases on these two hosts?
I believe you have not filled in the fields correctly. numeric.addr alpha.addr alias in the first you have numeric.addr alias and the second numberic.addr alpha.addr alias xxxxxx try twain: # Fayette208 LAN 208.201.233.232 208-202-233-232.dsl.static.sonic.net twain 208.201.233.233 208-201-233-233.dsl.static.sonic.net smiley smiley: # Fayette208 LAN 208.201.233.233 208-201-233-233.dsl.static.sonic.net smiley 208.201.233.232 208-202-233-232.dsl.static.sonic.net twain -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org