Look at the file /etc/hostname. That is the name of your machine.
In /etc/hosts there should be a line that says
127.0.1.1 <hostname>
Where <hostname> should be replaced with the contents of /etc/hostname
The 127.0.1.1 is just for an example. It may be any IP address
starting with 127, or can be the IP address of any of your machine's
hardware network interfaces (provided you have static addresses).
Using 127.0.0.1 works, but is discouraged! It *MUST* be an address,
that is attached to any local network interfaces (including the
virtual loop-back interface).
The line in /etc/hosts may be added by your DHCP client, but it's rare.
2012/11/13 <forums_at_java.net>:
> [quote=jdlee]If you are on a Linux box (or Mac?), your /etc/hosts should
> have
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> I have navigated to the file via terminal. I have that line and
> it says 127.0.0.1 localhost there is also another line that says broadcast
> host and two more that say localhost. Where would i add this hostname
> command
> and would i just put hostname or my-imac for example
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