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This article is from the the Brief Linux FAQ (BLFAQ) Maintained by Neil Zanella nzanella@ganymede.cs.mun.ca

030. I don't like having to type the full host name when using telnet. How can I resolve this problem?

Edit the file /etc/hosts and add entries like the following:

127.0.0.1       localhost       localhost.localdomain
134.153.1.200   riemann         riemann.math.mun.ca
134.153.39.1    ganymede        ganymede.cs.mun.ca
134.153.1.1     garfield        garfield.cs.mun.ca
134.153.2.151   plato           plato.ucs.mun.ca
129.128.88.12   vega            vega.math.ualberta.ca

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