>Edit your /etc/hosts file to resemble the following example, replacing "12.34.56.78" with your Linode's IP address, "plato.bambookites.com" with your fully qualified domain name, and "plato" with your short hostname.
> THEN Set your hostname by issuing the following commands, replacing "plato" with your short hostname.
echo "plato" > /etc/hostname
hostname -F /etc/hostname
below is how I fixed the problem:
>Edit your /etc/hosts file to resemble the following example, replacing "12.34.56.78" with your Linode's IP address, "plato. bambookites. com" with your fully qualified domain name, and "plato" with your short hostname.
sudo nano /etc/hosts localdomain localhost es.com plato
127.0.0.1 localhost.
12.34.56.78 plato.bambookit
> THEN make sure that /etc/hostname is the same:
sudo nano /etc/hostname localdomain localhost es.com plato
127.0.0.1 localhost.
12.34.56.78 plato.bambookit
> THEN Set your hostname by issuing the following commands, replacing "plato" with your short hostname.
echo "plato" > /etc/hostname
hostname -F /etc/hostname