Hostname for server

[graabein]

Hi, I have a second computer I use as a file server at home. I have installed Ubuntu and Samba on it and I can reach it from Places > Connect to server and selecting Windows share.

The thing is I want it to be known as its name and not the ip. I did add a line in /etc/hosts like this "10.0.0.3 kafka" (it's called kafka). The router is configured so to give the server that ip each time.

Still it shows up as the ip when I connect. How do I correct this?

[Bachstelze]

What do you mean "it shows up as the IP"? Where?

[DGortze380]

Hi, I have a second computer I use as a file server at home. I have installed Ubuntu and Samba on it and I can reach it from Places > Connect to server and selecting Windows share.

The thing is I want it to be known as its name and not the ip. I did add a line in /etc/hosts like this "10.0.0.3 kafka" (it's called kafka). The router is configured so to give the server that ip each time.

Still it shows up as the ip when I connect. How do I correct this?

10.0.0.3 kafka

should have a tab not a space

10.0.0.3     kafka

[Bachstelze]

10.0.0.3 kafka

should have a tab not a space

10.0.0.3     kafka

Wrong. Both work equally fine.

[graabein]

What do you mean "it shows up as the IP"? Where?

On the desktop it shows up as 10.0.0.3 and when I try to do "ssh kafka" it don't get it, but "ssh 10.0.0.3" works fine.

I'm on the latest Ubuntu with GNOME btw.

[cariboo]

You also have to enter

10.0.0.3 kafka

In the /etc/host file of every computer you want to connect to the server.

[graabein]

You also have to enter

10.0.0.3 kafka

In the /etc/host file of every computer you want to connect to the server.

There's only this one computer that's running Linux connected to the server. Can't remember if I saw a /etc/host file on it?

[Iowan]

... /etc/host file

I presume you meant /etc/hosts.

[computer13137]

Wouldn't that require a DNS server? Then you'd add the DNS entry. I don't think the server's hostname would just resolve without a DNS server...

-Kirk

[Iowan]

A DNS server is a more elegant solution, but for a small network, adding address/hostname pairs to each machine will work. (It'd work for a large network, too - just becomes cumbersome). It becomes a problem when DHCP is involved - the address/hostname pairs aren't constant.