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authorMark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-07-22 19:45:10 +0000
committerMark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-07-22 19:45:10 +0000
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<sect1 id="ch07-hosts">
<title>Creating the /etc/hosts file</title>
-<para>
-If a network card is to be configured, a user has to decide on the
+<para>If a network card is to be configured, a user has to decide on the
IP-address, FQDN and possible aliases for use in the /etc/hosts file. An
-example is:
-</para>
-
-<para>
-<screen>
-&lt;my-IP&gt; myhost.mydomain.org aliases
-</screen>
-</para>
-
-<para>
-It should made sure that the IP-address is in the private network
-IP-address range. Valid ranges are:
-</para>
-
-<para>
-<screen>
- Class Networks
+example is:</para>
+
+<para><screen>&lt;my-IP&gt; myhost.mydomain.org aliases</screen></para>
+
+<para>It should made sure that the IP-address is in the private network
+IP-address range. Valid ranges are:</para>
+
+<para><screen> Class Networks
A 10.0.0.0
B 172.16.0.0 through 172.31.0.0
- C 192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.0
-</screen>
-</para>
-
-<para>
-A valid IP address could be 192.168.1.1. A valid FQDN for this IP could
-be www.linuxfromscratch.org
-</para>
-
-<para>
-If a user is not going to use a network card, he still needs to come up with a
-FQDN. This is necessary for programs like Sendmail to operate correctly (in
-fact; Sendmail won't run when it can't determine the FQDN).
-</para>
-
-<para>
-If a network card is not going to be configured, a new file
-<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> is created by running:
-</para>
-
-<para>
-<screen>
-<userinput>cat &gt; /etc/hosts &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
+ C 192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.0</screen></para>
+
+<para>A valid IP address could be 192.168.1.1. A valid FQDN for this IP could
+be www.linuxfromscratch.org</para>
+
+<para>If a user is not going to use a network card, he still needs to
+come up with a FQDN. This is necessary for programs like Sendmail to operate
+correctly (in fact; Sendmail won't run when it can't determine the FQDN).</para>
+
+<para>If a network card is not going to be configured, a new file
+<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> is created by running:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/hosts &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
# Begin /etc/hosts (no network card version)
127.0.0.1 www.mydomain.com &lt;value of HOSTNAME&gt; localhost
# End /etc/hosts (no network card version)
-<userinput>EOF</userinput>
-</screen>
-</para>
-
-<para>
-If a network card is to be configured, a new file
-<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> is created by running:
-</para>
-
-<para>
-<screen>
-<userinput>cat &gt; /etc/hosts &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
+<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>If a network card is to be configured, a new file
+<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> is created by running:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/hosts &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
# Begin /etc/hosts (network card version)
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.1.1 www.mydomain.org &lt;value of HOSTNAME&gt;
# End /etc/hosts (network card version)
-<userinput>EOF</userinput>
-</screen>
-</para>
+<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>
-Of course, the 192.168.1.1 and www.mydomain.org have to be changed to the
+<para>Of course, the 192.168.1.1 and www.mydomain.org have to be changed to the
users
liking (or requirements if assigned an IP-address by a network/system
-administrator and this machine is planned to be connected to that network).
-</para>
+administrator and this machine is planned to be
+connected to that network).</para>
</sect1>