On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 08:19, Vegard Lundby Rekaa wrote: > My hostname on my PC at home is > > 062016248046.customer.alfanett.no > > wich is almost 40 characters long, and together with my username it tops > 40 chars... > Can I change this to somthing easier? It was set this way without me > noticing when I installed mdk. > > Typing these commands gives: > # hostname > 062016248046.customer.alfanett.no > # dnsdomainname > customer.alfanett.no > > I have mdk 10.0, kernel 2.6.3-7mdk > > Best regards from vegard
IIRC, you can change the line in your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 from PEERDNS=YES to PEERDNS=NO ...and then simply change your hostname in /etc/hosts to whatever you so desire and restart your network... -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales ----------------------------------------------- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free - Reboot is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 ----------------------------------------------- Maslow's Maxim: If the only tool you have is a hammer, you treat everything like a nail.
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