hehe, so … if you ever change the hostname of a Linux machine, you really really ought to double-check /etc/hosts to make the same hostname change there

it’s surprising just how much will break if a machine’s own hostname isn’t resolvable to a 127.x.x.x address :P

  • limelight79@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    This reminds me… My server demands to be known as hostname.local on my network. The other machines just respond to just hostname. I really should figure out why that is.

      • limelight79@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        I use DHCP for everything, even my server, with a reserved IP address in the router for the server and my desktop and a few other things I don’t want to move around (printers, some IoT things, Home Assistant, etc.).

        I think the issue is the bridge interface I have to set up for Home Assistant.