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authorMatthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>2004-05-03 10:59:46 +0000
committerMatthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>2004-05-03 10:59:46 +0000
commit673b0d84ba9591e07c0bdf0ee49d92eba10f502c (patch)
tree129e27a1450727b440da4378e0117a468eb9c25e /chapter07/hosts.xml
parent287ea55da70ceb1f0990554b7db921d525fef816 (diff)
* Merged newxml into HEAD
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3435 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter07/hosts.xml b/chapter07/hosts.xml
index 6c1f5eb5c..d83f202b7 100644
--- a/chapter07/hosts.xml
+++ b/chapter07/hosts.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
+ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
+ %general-entities;
+]>
<sect1 id="ch-scripts-hosts">
<title>Creating the /etc/hosts file</title>
-<?dbhtml filename="hosts.html" dir="chapter07"?>
+<?dbhtml filename="hosts.html"?>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-hosts"><primary sortas="e-/etc/hosts">/etc/hosts</primary></indexterm>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-hosts">
+<primary sortas="d-localnet">localnet</primary>
+<secondary>/etc/hosts</secondary></indexterm>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-hosts">
+<primary sortas="d-network">network</primary>
+<secondary>/etc/hosts</secondary></indexterm>
<para>If a network card is to be configured, you have to decide on the
IP-address, FQDN and possible aliases for use in the /etc/hosts file. The
@@ -8,7 +23,7 @@ syntax is:</para>
<screen>&lt;IP address&gt; myhost.example.org aliases</screen>
-<para>You should make sure that the IP-address is in the private network
+<para>Unless your computer is to be visible to the Internet (e.g. you have a registered domain and a valid block of assigned IP addresses - most of us don't have this)you should make sure that the IP-address is in the private network
IP-address range. Valid ranges are:</para>
<screen> Class Networks
@@ -17,7 +32,7 @@ IP-address range. Valid ranges are:</para>
C 192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.0</screen>
<para>A valid IP address could be 192.168.1.1. A valid FQDN for this IP could
-be www.linuxfromscratch.org.</para>
+be www.linuxfromscratch.org (not recommended as this is a valid registered domain address and could cause your domain name server problems).</para>
<para>If you aren't going to use a network card, you still need to
come up with a FQDN. This is necessary for certain programs to operate
@@ -52,4 +67,3 @@ by a network/system administrator and this machine is planned to be connected
to an existing network).</para>
</sect1>
-