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The /etc/mail/local-host-names configuration file
Submitted by inder on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 21:08.
sendmail uses the following configuration files:
The /etc/mail/local-host-names configuration file
Submitted by inder on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 20:42.
sendmail uses the following configuration files:
Checking your Linux host name and Configuring /etc/hosts and Setting the Host Name using hostname
Checking your Linux host name
First, see if your host name is set correclty using the following commands:
uname -n
hostname -a
hostname -s
hostname -d
hostname -f
hostname
If the above commands return correctly with no errors then all may be well; however, you may want to read on to verify that all settings are correct.
Configuring /etc/hosts
If your IP address is assigned to you by a DHCP server, then /etc/hosts is configured as follows:
127.0.0.1 mybox.mydomain.com localhost.localdomain localhost mybox
