On Friday 03 December 2004 08:43, Vegard Lundby Rekaa wrote: > Re: [newbie] Changing hostname > > > Actually the statement he needs is > > NEEDHOSTNAME=no > > > > derek > > > > -- > > www.jennings.homelinux.net > > http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org > > You were quite right Derek. It was NEEDHOSTNAME wich was ment to be > configured... > > But then again, opening the /etc/hosts file I see this line: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > Where am I going wrong? > > Thanks, Vegard
Your mistake is in deleting that line. It is essential. If you want to set your hostname you must do it by setting the line HOSTNAME= in /etc/sysconfig/network, or by GUI in MandrakeControlCentre>Network>InternetAccess restart networking with 'service network restart' or by using the GUI in MandrakeControlCentre>System>Services for the new hostname to take effect. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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