Re: [cobalt-users] Re: Host file entry

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Jason Gottschalk wrote:
>
> Tuesday, February 3, 2004, 3:46:48 PM, you wrote:
> BT> Jason Gottschalk wrote:
>
> >> Hello cobalt-users,
> >>
> >>   I have been fighting an e-mail header problem for a very long time
> >>   now. Perhaps I have found it! But I need help it changing it.
> >>
> >>   On many occasions, E-mail headers to virtual sites on my server
> >>   RAQ4i have www.heidebreicht.com in the header.
> >>   This used to be one of the virtual sites at one of the IPs on this
> >>   RAQ.
> >>
> >>   This is my hosts file:
> >> 127.0.0.1       localhost
> >> 209.15.182.21   www.syo.com     # main interface
> >> 209.15.182.24   www.fast-sensors.com
> >> 209.15.182.23   www.heidebreicht.com
> >> 209.15.182.22   www.thegagestore.com
> >>
> >> I think I should get rid of the heidebreicht entry.
> >>
> >> Can I just delete it? or do I need to put another virtual site name in
> >> its place?
>
> BT> If that domain is no longer on your server, go ahead and remove it.
>
> BT> If a different domain is now on your server using that IP address, put the
> BT> new domain name in place of the old one.
>
> This IP hosts many virtual domains. Should I put any one of the
> virtual sites in the hosts file using that ip? Or can I just leave it
> out?

If your server has a nameserver to querry, you don't need anything in
/etc/hosts other than

127.0.0.1       localhost
216.175.178.35  host.hostname.tld    # main interface

Gerald
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