ubuntu question

[McBunny]

right i need to give my gutsy gibon box a host name as i want people to be able to get to it via that rather than its ipaddress

how do i do it ? and will it automatically add its self to a win2k3 dns server or will i have to manually do it ?

 

[Daz]

Depends on your DNS Server config and if you're using DHCP etc.

Just add a standard A record in your local zone pointing to it's IP (providing it's a static IP).

 

[McBunny]

its using static as its our new intranet server

was i right to add the dns server entries in resolv.conf ?

 

[Longy]

Do you have to give it a host name? not just add a DNS entry pointing to the box?

 

[McBunny]

well on a windows box it will auto populate the dns server so i didnt know if they had done teh same with ubuntu. but i just created an A record as that will work anyway

 

[KDF]

Yes, put all your DNS server in resolv.conf

And as doorstep challenge says just create a DNS entry and point to its IP.

 

[McBunny]

its working now thank you

i will get the hang of linux one day hehe

im still wreaking havoc with vi lol

 

[Galzzly]

vi... that's a lot of fun.

You started using sed yet?

 

[McBunny]

whats sed

 

[KDF]

I prefer emacs TBH.. but I can use vi when I have to.

 

[Daz]

I prefer emacs TBH.. but I can use vi when I have to.

Invalid.
Vim or nothing unfortunately

 

[McBunny]

is the a better text editor then that i dont need to remember to do things befor i type ??

if so how the hell do i get it lol

 

[Galzzly]

whats sed

It's like a search & replace in vi. It's a sod to use, but once you get used to it it's a pretty good tool.

 

[Daz]

is the a better text editor then that i dont need to remember to do things befor i type ??

if so how the hell do i get it lol

nano maybe?

 

[McBunny]

sounds fun

so what do i type bud ?

 

[Galzzly]

For any syntax questions I use this site.

Here's the sed command.

 

[KDF]

I prefer emacs TBH.. but I can use vi when I have to.

Invalid.
Vim or nothing unfortunately

Well its is in that it doesnt come preinstalled with most distro's. But you have to admit vi(m) is a pain in the arse for newbies.. took me ages just to learn the basics..

Dogmaul.... emacs is good in that you type

emacs nameoffile

make the changes to the file you want..

then ctrl+x ctrl+s to save the file and then ctrl+x ctrl+c to exit.

and you dont have type anything to start editing the file.. acts just like a regular txt editor.. just remember the save and exit commands above.

 

[McBunny]

i havent gone by that name since oh before you were born lol

 

[sn00p]

emacs is the work of the devil.

Well, rms, but same difference.

 

[KDF]

*waves hand* vim isnt the editor your looking for.... *waves hand* use the emacs luke...







sn00p but it has such nice colour highlighting when doing coding

 

[McBunny]

shame dos edit wont work on linux

 

[Daz]

vim's highlighting is better
Especially with a nice style attached

You will not win a war with emacs.. I'd rather use echo > file and sed than use that mess. Seriously. We win.

 

[sn00p]

vim's highlighting is better
Especially with a nice style attached

You will not win a war with emacs.. I'd rather use echo > file and sed than use that mess. Seriously. We win.

Textmate trumps them all.

Although, I'd rather chew my own arm off than use emacs.

 

[Daz]

vim's highlighting is better
Especially with a nice style attached

You will not win a war with emacs.. I'd rather use echo > file and sed than use that mess. Seriously. We win.

Textmate trumps them all.

Although, I'd rather chew my own arm off than use emacs.

Textmate is OK, no Mac now tho so I have to use Crimson Editor.
Or, SSH and use VIM..

 

[KDF]

lol @ the anti emacs brigade....


The average Vim user

 

[Daz]

That's fine - whilst you're being silly, we've managed to create monsterous config files, awesome .c/.h files.. and you've managed to, uh, launch emacs and then wait a few hours judging by it's bloatness.

 

[KDF]

bah.. you say bloated.. I say fully featured.

I only use vi for editing password files and the sudoers file.