Hi,
I am installing Solaris 11.3 as a local system using no remote connections.
The installer asks for a computer name or would be used as the hostname.
Can I select any name ? Like solaris 11 or localhost ?
I noticed this is added into the /etc.hosts file later.
ie example. localhost
Will this work for app on my computer that connects using a web browser ?
Or do I need to edit etc file /etc/file after installing ?
Thanks
Last edited by Don Cragun; 02-04-2016 at 10:00 PM..
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Think of localhost as a synonym for your machine's host name. Programs on any system can refer to localhost to connect to a service on the local machine without knowing it's network name. But, if you name your system localhost, program's on other systems will be confused if they want to use your advertised host name since it will have two meanings on other systems.
The name doesn't matter a lot as long as it is unique on your local network. (I would, however, restrict the name to something consisting of just lowercase alphabetic and numeric characters.) The name localhost, by definition, is not unique on any network.
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