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stormraider

Member

Registered: 2016-05-30

Posts: 2

hi setting up nis

i have just began.

i have found out my public ip and am currently editin the hosts file
these instructions
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NI … securenets

tell me to insert this code into my hosts file

Configuration
/etc/hosts
Add your server's external (not 127.0.0.1) IP address to the hosts file. Make sure it is the first non-commented line in the file, yes, even above the localhost line, like so:
#
# /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
#
#<ip-address>    <hostname.domain.org>    <hostname>
#::1        localhost.localdomain    localhost
192.168.1.10   nis_server.domain.com   nis_server
127.0.0.1    localhost.localdomain    localhost nis_server
# End of file

is the 192.168.1.10 just for demo or is that the ip i use

because when i google myip i see my ip.

so if i use my ip then do i use it in the same format so i would be using
123.123.12.1 nis_server.domain.com   nis_server

or do i use my server domain i am trying to set
123.123.12.1 nis_server.mydomainiamcreating.com

i have thoroughtly searched and video'd and chatted and at a seriously lost?

Last edited by stormraider (2016-05-31 00:13:41)

x33a

Forum Fellow

Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 4,587

Re: hi setting up nis

Here external IP refers to the LAN IP. Use your LAN IP instead of your public IP.

Oh, and edit your thread title to something more meaningful.