That should be all you need to do Andy. You shouldn't have problems if you set those there unless you have a DNS server, in which case you should update those records too. Checks your /etc/nsswitch.conf file for the "hosts" line and check it has "files" and "dns" in that order, then your machine will use its /etc/hosts file before looking it up using DNS.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/962369 Title: Cannot set Device name (hostname) under Details section in System Settings on 12.04 Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: The "Device name" section under Details in the system settings on 12.04 appears to be greyed out. I'm not sure why but I would expect to be able to change the hostname of the system I was using. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/962369/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
