How about localhost.localdomain? Another thing you can do is use one of the free name outfits. I am using dhs.org. They support modem users. Randy Rathbun randy@rrr.2y.net http://rrr.2y.net/ "I bent my wookie!" - Ralph Wiggum On Sat, 3 Jun 2000, Alex Angerhofer wrote:

Hi List,

my home PC is not set up with a network card and not permanently conncted to the internet. I am using a modem to connect, mainly to the local hub at my university. The question that I am having is what to call my home machine. the network configuration menu in yast will eventually guide you to an entry for your hostname and domain. I don't have a static domain of course, so what do I put in there? Trying to just put in a hostname without a domain name will not work. I used to just put my university's domain name in there until I was told by the local system administrators that my security messages somehow ended up being sent to root@ufl.edu rather than root@localhost. So, what is the correct solution here? I couldn't find a good description in the SuSE manual as it mainly focuses on how to set up a machine within a network.

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