Problem resolving own hostname

Question

I'm running 10.04 LTS server. I am unable to resolve this issue: "unable to resolve host serverubuntu".

I've attempted all of the recommended solutions and none have worked. I've read that this issue might arise from incorrect settings in the hosts and hostname files:

Here are the contests of these files:

File: hostname

serverubuntu

File: hosts

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.1.1       serverubuntu

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

Note: I've tried several different entries for the second line of the hosts file:

127.0.1.1  serverubuntu  serverubuntu.hvc.rr.com
127.0.1.1  serverubuntu  serverubuntu.hvc.rr.com serverubuntu

None have worked.

I do have my server assigned a static IP address: 192.168.1.199

Answer 1

Your /etc/hosts file should read

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.1.1       serverubuntu//change this to 127.0.0.1
192.168.1.199   serverubuntu//add your static IP


# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters