[wellylug] sysconfig

[Rose McGillicuddy]

Richard Hector wrote:

>On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 01:41:47PM +1300, Centurion Computer Technology Ltd wrote:
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>>>change http://www.xtra.co.nz to rosem.xtra.co.nz
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>>hey Damon, isn't that a bit dangerous!
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>>You shouldn't use external domain names on a box like that unless you
>>own that domain name.
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>Agreed
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>> I would have suggested
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>>HOSTNAME=rosesmachine
>>DOMAIN=rosesdomain
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>Which brings up another point. While I'm not familiar with Mandrake's
>config files specifically, I would assume that if a DOMAINNAME feild
>exists, the HOSTNAME feild shouldn't include it.
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>Hence:
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>HOSTNAME=rosesmachine
>DOMAINNAME=rosesdomain
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>rather than:
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>HOSTNAME=rosesmachine.rosesdomain
>DOMAINNAME=rosesdomain
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>Only thing is I would use something shorter (easier to type :-).
>Oh, also I prefer names for boxes that aren't tied to the owner/user
>- among other things, you don't give away info when you don't intend
>to.
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>Richard
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Thanks - yes I want a non-identifying name for the box.  
Rose


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