[lug] Hostname, Knoppix, where does it come from?

David L. Anselmi anselmi at anselmi.us
Wed Jun 28 19:53:48 MDT 2006


Bob Collins wrote:
[...]
> Message from Dave:
[...]
> So what happens when you try to ping the Linux machine (you might reboot it 
> first) by its name?  If it fails you can try to re-update DNS with:
[...]
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> linux.gateway.2wire.net. 0      IN      A       192.168.0.67

Well, if you want to call it linux and it comes when you call I wouldn't 
worry about it.  If the knoppix bit was set up automatically it will 
probably go away automatically.

Dave



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