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[LUG] /etc/hosts

 

Hi

I am setting up my /etc/hoss file to make life a litter easier

    My desktop hostname is E-machine
so therefore my etc hosts file consists of

ip address     E-machine

My question is does the /etc/hosts file have to use the same hostname as
the machine its refering to or can this say anything could i replace
E-machine with desktop for example within the hosts file.

I am under the impression the hostname column simply provides a human
friendly name to an ip address.

thanks

Paul

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