[TriLUG] Postfix install error

[Jon Carnes]

The *first* value must be the FQDN.  You have "computername" as the first
value!
This is really stressed during the installs - but most folks gloss over it,
especially us older folks who have been doing the reverse for many, many
years...

Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin Johnson" <justin at ecotton.com>
To: "TRILUG (E-mail)" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 4:26 PM
Subject: [TriLUG] Postfix install error


> Trying to install postfix by executing 'rpm -Uhv
> postfix-20010228_pl08release-3.i386.rpm' results in the message
> "ERROR: Postfix can't be installed - Please set your hostname to a FQDN"
>
> my /etc/hosts file has the following entries(substituting fake IP and Host
/
> Domain):
> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
> 192.168.1.1 computername computername.domainname.com
>
> Is this not how/where a FQDN is specified? I've searched the internet and
> can't find anything on this error.:-(
>
> TIA,
> JJ
>
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