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From: Xavier Neys <neysx@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: hb-install-config.xml
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 13:02:44
Message-Id: 20060527130216.615AB643FB@smtp.gentoo.org
1 neysx 06/05/27 13:02:15
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3 Modified: hb-install-config.xml
4 Log:
5 #122911 make /etc/hosts simpler
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7 Revision Changes Path
8 1.5 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2006.0/hb-install-config.xml
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10 file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2006.0/hb-install-config.xml?rev=1.5&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo
11 plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2006.0/hb-install-config.xml?rev=1.5&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo
12 diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2006.0/hb-install-config.xml.diff?r1=1.4&r2=1.5&cvsroot=gentoo
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14 Index: hb-install-config.xml
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16 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2006.0/hb-install-config.xml,v
17 retrieving revision 1.4
18 retrieving revision 1.5
19 diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5
20 --- hb-install-config.xml 15 May 2006 07:02:13 -0000 1.4
21 +++ hb-install-config.xml 27 May 2006 13:02:15 -0000 1.5
22 @@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
23 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
24 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
25
26 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2006.0/hb-install-config.xml,v 1.4 2006/05/15 07:02:13 nightmorph Exp $ -->
27 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2006.0/hb-install-config.xml,v 1.5 2006/05/27 13:02:15 neysx Exp $ -->
28
29 <sections>
30
31 -<version>6.1</version>
32 -<date>2006-03-28</date>
33 +<version>6.2</version>
34 +<date>2006-05-27</date>
35
36 <section>
37 <title>Filesystem Information</title>
38 @@ -334,11 +334,10 @@
39
40 <p>
41 You now need to inform Linux about your network. This is defined in
42 -<path>/etc/hosts</path> and helps in resolving hostnames to IP addresses
43 -for hosts that aren't resolved by your nameserver. For instance, if your
44 -internal network consists of three PCs called <c>jenny</c> (192.168.0.5),
45 -<c>benny</c> (192.168.0.6) and <c>tux</c> (192.168.0.7 - this system) you would
46 -open <path>/etc/hosts</path> and fill in the values:
47 +<path>/etc/hosts</path> and helps in resolving hostnames to IP addresses for
48 +hosts that aren't resolved by your nameserver. You need to define your system.
49 +You may also want to define other systems on your network if you don't want to
50 +set up your own internal DNS system.
51 </p>
52
53 <pre caption="Opening /etc/hosts">
54 @@ -346,20 +345,13 @@
55 </pre>
56
57 <pre caption="Filling in the networking information">
58 -127.0.0.1 localhost
59 +<comment>(This defines the current system)</comment>
60 +127.0.0.1 tux.homenetwork tux localhost
61 +
62 +<comment>(Define extra systems on your network,
63 +they need to have a static IP to be defined this way.)</comment>
64 192.168.0.5 jenny.homenetwork jenny
65 192.168.0.6 benny.homenetwork benny
66 -192.168.0.7 tux.homenetwork tux
67 -</pre>
68 -
69 -<p>
70 -If your system is the only system (or the nameservers handle all name
71 -resolution) a single line is sufficient. For instance, if you want to call your
72 -system <c>tux</c>:
73 -</p>
74 -
75 -<pre caption="/etc/hosts for lonely or fully integrated PCs">
76 -127.0.0.1 localhost tux
77 </pre>
78
79 <p>
80
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