Just wondering if anyone here has already solved these
miscellaneous problems I've been having:
- Fully qualified hostname:
My computer is connected to the network either by
a cable modem behind a router/firewall (IP address
is private, i.e. 192.168.*.*), or by ppp (dialup).
What should I call my machine where a fully
qualified domain name is requested in config files
like /etc/sysconfig/network? I like to call my
machine granite, but something like (for example)
"granite.example.net" is not a correct DNS name for
my machine and I don't want it to show up in email
headers, etc. Should it be "granite.localdomain"??
Maybe I should use "example.net" just to make
sure it doesn't resolve to someone elses computer
(example.net is reserved by IANA for ... examples).
- Samba: I always have trouble getting the initial
connection to my Linux machine when browsing the
network from a windows machine.
The Linux machine is not visible in the network
neighborhood listing and I get a timeout or
"the network is busy" when trying to browse the
Linux machine.
If I try again later, it always works. There are
error messages in the logfiles, but I won't post
them here unless someone requests it.
- Gnome: I have icons for my filesystems,
I guess they were generated from my fstab(?)-- one
is a zip drive, the other my windows partition.
They have names like "Device 0" and "Disk 0".
I can figure out which is which from icon
properties and rename them, but they revert back
to the unhelpful names on the next login.
Any ideas on any of these topics?
-- Mark Polhamus -- mep_lists_843@att.net
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