solaris question

[qbert78]

i have a sun system running solaris...i got everything setup on the machine except for the fact that when u try to connect to the localhost on the machine it looks at the wrong address...im on the network now so i know that what i've done so far is right...the loopback device is installed but both the 127.0.0.1 address and localhost name both point to the old ip address...how would i go about pointing this to the right spot.

 

[spidey07]

edit the /etc/hosts file

localhost should always be 127.0.0.1

 

[ScottMac]

You could use "admintool" to change it too, if you're more comfortable with that interface. Depending on WHICH version of Solaris you're running, using admintool might be a better choice.

FWIW / .02


Scott

 

[qbert78]

yeah my /etc/hosts file is correct the loopback and localhost both point to 127.0.0.1..but it still tries to resolve the old ip...are there any other files besides the basic ones where this information is stored..i'll give that admintool a try and see how that goes

 

[spidey07]

/etc/hostname.hme0 or /etc/hostname.??? where ??? is network card.