File: /etc/hosts
I am a totaly newbie on linode and linux world.
I did creat an acount today at linode and I began with geting startet guide and get stoppet at the end.
My problem is that I don't know where to open files?:s
Here is my problem
You'll also want to make sure proper entries for your Linode's fully qualified domain name (FQDN) and localhost are set up in your /etc/hosts file. You can use the following example file, modifying the entries to suit your setup (12.34.56.78 should be replaced with your Linode's IP address):
File: /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
12.34.56.78 plato.example.com plato
Can you please tell me where to open File: /etc/hosts?:S
I have downloaded Putty, is not that this for uploading files to the server and edit them instead of ftp like filezilla to upload content to your server?
I need a step by step guide, please.
Thank you for your time
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thanks for reply.
I did read it but that was not there.
Just wantet to find out how to edit files.
Finally with e.g
nano /etc/hosts.
It is going well now. learned much
@ariel22:
pico or vi is also helpful when editing.
pico still lives?
@Talman:
pico still lives?
Doubly so. You still can get the real (al)pine + pico package, and a lot of distros install nano (with pico aliased to it) as default.
I, personally, prefer ed.
@Guspaz:
I think he was probably more surprised that anybody still uses pico instead of nano. Most people switched because Pico is not free software, and nano has a lot more features.
I'm surprised that pico is still in repos, mainly because its not free software and there's a free software alternative out there (nano) that is installed by default in a lot of things.
I remember, years ago, when I used alpine and pico. Then I think it was Gentoo that was all "Do not use pico. Use nano." Granted, years ago, I was on an ISP that offered shell access via Solaris boxes, and PPP was experimental.
@Talman:
I'm surprised that pico is still in repos, mainly because its not free software and there's a free software alternative out there (nano) that is installed by default in a lot of things.
I've never understood why UW insisted on the pseudo-free license they had for pine, or why they never went back and released it all when they changed and put alpine under a free license. To this day, if you want pine (I have a user who loves it) in debuntu, you get a source package that has the original source and a patch. It automagically downloads and patches for you, but it meets the requirement that it be distributed unmodified.