Re: The myth of the Windows computer icon

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: 
In article <BobHatesSpam-FB7AC6.18485005102005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bob Blaylock <BobHatesSpam@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

In article <leo-73AC08.18331105102005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Leonard Blaisdell <leo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


In article <BobHatesSpam-F81346.18074305102005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Bob Blaylock <BobHatesSpam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


[BobG3:~] bob% cat /etc/hosts
##
# Host Database
# # Note that this file is consulted when the system is running in single-user
# mode. At other times this information is handled by lookupd. By default,
# lookupd gets information from NetInfo, so this file will not be consulted
# unless you have changed lookupd's configuration.
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost [BobG3:~] bob%

The problem is solvable. Your computer name has to resolve to your IP address. I did a 'man lookupd' and don't think I want to advise you to create new folders and files in /etc, but I think that 'NetInfo Manager' will probably solve your problem. I'm not familiar with the program. Lets see. I'm opening it now. Yeah, I'm sure that's it, but I have no advice except find info to make you comfortable running 'NetInfo Manager' in the Utilities folder.
Sorry for the lack of help.

I'm not the original poster in this thread. What I posted before was, however, meant as an answer to your question, "Why not edit /etc/hosts and add...?"

I'd encountered this before, because I myself have been desirous of being able to configure certain IP addresses into local domains. I knew how to do so using /etc/hosts, but that doesn't work under MacOS X. 


I've added local named for machines in my office and I can ssh/scp/sftp
to them without an issue since I've added them to the hosts file.

Maybe it just doesn't work with your PeeCee folder mapping.

Bob's statement is well out of date. It was true in 10.1, which ignored the hosts file. This was fixed in 10.2 (Jaguar).
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