[673b0d8] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 | ]>
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[3be4d97] | 6 | <sect1 id="ch-scripts-hosts">
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[b08f409] | 7 | <title>Creating the /etc/hosts file</title>
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[673b0d8] | 8 | <?dbhtml filename="hosts.html"?>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <indexterm zone="ch-scripts-hosts"><primary sortas="e-/etc/hosts">/etc/hosts</primary></indexterm>
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| 11 |
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| 12 | <indexterm zone="ch-scripts-hosts">
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| 13 | <primary sortas="d-localnet">localnet</primary>
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| 14 | <secondary>/etc/hosts</secondary></indexterm>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <indexterm zone="ch-scripts-hosts">
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| 17 | <primary sortas="d-network">network</primary>
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| 18 | <secondary>/etc/hosts</secondary></indexterm>
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[b08f409] | 19 |
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[fa914e5] | 20 | <para>If a network card is to be configured, you have to decide on the
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[9762eb7] | 21 | IP-address, FQDN and possible aliases for use in the /etc/hosts file. The
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| 22 | syntax is:</para>
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[b822811] | 23 |
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[0afaac4] | 24 | <screen><IP address> myhost.example.org aliases</screen>
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[b822811] | 25 |
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[673b0d8] | 26 | <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
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[b822811] | 27 | IP-address range. Valid ranges are:</para>
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| 28 |
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[21ba4e3] | 29 | <screen> Class Networks
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[b08f409] | 30 | A 10.0.0.0
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| 31 | B 172.16.0.0 through 172.31.0.0
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[21ba4e3] | 32 | C 192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.0</screen>
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[b822811] | 33 |
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| 34 | <para>A valid IP address could be 192.168.1.1. A valid FQDN for this IP could
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[673b0d8] | 35 | be www.linuxfromscratch.org (not recommended as this is a valid registered domain address and could cause your domain name server problems).</para>
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[b822811] | 36 |
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[fa914e5] | 37 | <para>If you aren't going to use a network card, you still need to
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[9762eb7] | 38 | come up with a FQDN. This is necessary for certain programs to operate
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| 39 | correctly.</para>
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[b822811] | 40 |
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[9762eb7] | 41 | <para>If a network card is not going to be configured, create the
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| 42 | <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file by running:</para>
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[b822811] | 43 |
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[21ba4e3] | 44 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/hosts << "EOF"</userinput>
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[b08f409] | 45 | # Begin /etc/hosts (no network card version)
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| 46 |
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[0afaac4] | 47 | 127.0.0.1 <value of HOSTNAME>.example.org <value of HOSTNAME> localhost
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[b08f409] | 48 |
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| 49 | # End /etc/hosts (no network card version)
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[21ba4e3] | 50 | <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen>
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[b822811] | 51 |
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[9762eb7] | 52 | <para>If a network card is to be configured, create the
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| 53 | <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file by running:</para>
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[b822811] | 54 |
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[21ba4e3] | 55 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/hosts << "EOF"</userinput>
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[b08f409] | 56 | # Begin /etc/hosts (network card version)
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| 57 |
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[0afaac4] | 58 | 127.0.0.1 localhost
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| 59 | 192.168.1.1 <value of HOSTNAME>.example.org <value of HOSTNAME>
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[b08f409] | 60 |
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| 61 | # End /etc/hosts (network card version)
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[21ba4e3] | 62 | <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen>
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[b08f409] | 63 |
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[0afaac4] | 64 | <para>Of course, the 192.168.1.1 and <value of HOSTNAME>.example.org
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[140190c0] | 65 | have to be changed to your liking (or requirements if assigned an IP-address
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| 66 | by a network/system administrator and this machine is planned to be connected
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| 67 | to an existing network).</para>
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[b08f409] | 68 |
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| 69 | </sect1>
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