Re: help: connecting to ISP, can someone help

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From: Mostyn BRAMLEY-MOORE
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 21:40

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>Would changing localhost to a different name make any difference to
>its operation?
>
>ie instead of;
>
>127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
>
>have 127.0.0.1 gtech gtech.localdomain

you can add other names, but localhost needs to point at 127.0.0.1 
ie 
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.domain gtech
would be fine.  

m.
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From: mostynm@queeg.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Mostyn BRAMLEY-MOORE)
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Subject: Re: help: connecting to ISP, can someone help
Date: 3 Sep 2000 21:40:53 GMT
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