Eric on 22 Oct 2009 11:15:57 -0700 |
My Ubuntu 8.10 workstation is giving me a pain in the network After fixing the config for nullmailer I started getting emails that were being sent out by my own system. A lot of these are bounces because the "from" address is root@ursa.ursa Why is that? root@ursa:~# hostname ursa root@ursa:~# hostname --long ursa root@ursa:~# hostname --fqdn ursa root@ursa:~# domainname lucii.dnsalias.org So, how come the options --long or --fqdn don't give the right answer? Is this related to the ursa.ursa thing? NOTE: I have set this workstation to use a static IP address: 10.10.10.2 NOTE: The command: domainname prompted me to install NIS. I had a problem binding to YP until I edited /etc/default/nis and swapped true and false for the NISSERVER and NISCLIENT variables per this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1257868 [Why do I even NEED NIS? I have a server on my network that handles DNS... shouldn't that cover it?] Here is /etc/hostname: root@ursa:~# cat /etc/hostname ursa Here is /etc/hosts: root@ursa:~# cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 10.10.10.2 ursa 10.10.10.1 polaris Here is /etc/resolv.conf: root@ursa:~# cat /etc/resolv.conf # Generated by NetworkManager domain lucii.dnsalias.org search lucii.dnsalias.org nameserver 10.10.10.1 TIA for any information. Eric -- # Eric Lucas # # "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth # And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings... # -- John Gillespie Magee Jr ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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