On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Basically, I would like to limit sudo usage to this machine, whether it be
> the console F1 thru F6, or virtual terminals (gnome-terminal usually).
>
> sudoers allows the option of limiting venue to a particular hostname. I
> don't know how to tell what hostnames I have, and ifconfig only lists the
> devices along with their associated specs, minus hostnames.
>
> I know I have localhost for lo. And eth0 is assigned
> [EMAIL PROTECTED], but this infrequently changes.
>
> I don't recall how to set an _extra_ hostname, or even *if* it can be done.
>
> Every path I think to try, eventually leads me to dead ends. I may have
> already encountered what I need, but just didn't recognize it for whatever
> reason.
The command that you are perhaps looking for is "hostname".
It can be used to find or change your hostname.
On a Fedora/RedHat type system, the file /etc/sysconfig/network has a line
HOSTNAME=
You can also enter the hostname of your choice in /etc/hosts as an
alias for localhost.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost yourname
carl
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