Re: [newbie] Change hostname?

[Lyvim Xaphir]

On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 08:36, RichardA wrote:
> Can I change my hostname without causing problems? I ask because there is a 
> file in KDE called kdontchangethehostname.
> I think in theory it gets set from a file at boot (/etc/hosts?), a variable 
> gets set and everything else should reference that variable rather than be 
> hard coded.
> 
> In theory.
> 
> Richard

If you want to you can use the "hostname" command to temporarily change
the hostname of the system for that session, and it should return to
normal with a reboot or a reuse of the hostname command.

Do 'man hostname' and check it out. :)

l8r,

LX

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