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Ratiu Petru wrote:
> Lew Pitcher wrote:
>
>
>>Yes, a linux system can have two host names and two IP addresses.
>
> Most already do.
>
>>For hostnames, you have to determine what sort of hostname you are
>
> interested in.
>
>
>>- - If it is the name returned by the hostname(1) utility, then you
>
> only get one
>
>> name. Sorry.
>
> At least with the stock kernel. There is the vserver patch which, among
> others, can assign different hostnames for every context. I doubt the
> original poster is interested in it, but there IS a way.

I did not know that. Thanks for the info.

>
>>- - If it is the name used by Samba as your systemname within a
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> workgroup or
>
>> domain, then again, you only get one. Sorry.
>
> That is a lot simpler, you can have multiple Samba installs, bound to
> different network interfaces. Each one can have their own hostname.

Aha! That's the key; they have to be bound to different interfaces.
Again, I did not know that. Thanks again

> There ARE some things you can't do in Linux, but these are not among
> them
>

The thing I find with Linux is that there's always more to learn. I
/love/ this OS. <grin>

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Lew Pitcher, IT Consultant, Enterprise Data Systems
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed here are my own, not my employer's)
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