cd /etc/sysconfig Edit the file network... from then on whatever you put in the hostname colum will be the reality for that box.
James On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 09:44, Praedor Tempus wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > OK, this question pops up periodically and I have asked it myself. How does > one assign a hostname to their system without breaking it and so that it > comes up every time one boots? I managed to get my laptop to be called > lapdog.ravenhome.net but cannot recall how. My hosts file contains both > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain > 10.0.0.1 lapdog.ravenhome.net > > This isn't enough, however. I somehow managed to get my xterm prompt to > display the lapdog.ravenhome.net name as well but cannot recall how. > > Simply setting "hostname <desired hostname>" will break the current session > and require a logout/login to get past it. It will also only last as long as > the current session. If I reboot it will be back to localhost.localdomain. > > I want my desktop system to identify itself as something other than > localhost.localdomain and I want it to do it with every bootup, login, etc. > > How do I do this? Ultimately, I will be setting up (hopefully) a local home > network and I will require the desktop to be a particular name for this to > work. > > praedor > > > - -- > Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. > - - Friedrich Nietzsche. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE928oW1i/6R1B/Yh0RAnlHAJ9Hr3g9Dxb8xNS2h6Dr5fmQwVqvZwCfWX1n > 9ZdSjl56MhOgptmddXTZKlk= > =BkT/ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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