> HOWEVER, my hostname used to be localhost. Now, the hostname is replaced
> with something from RoadRunner like c4-1a175.neo.rr.com.
That hostname is the DNS of your machine. localhost is replaced by that or
whatever other node you're on. localhost will still lookup as localhost
(provided it's in your /etc/hosts file or something).
> QUESTION - Is it necessary to have the hostname clobbered like this? Is
> there a way to avoid it? I run vmware, and have several drives mapped to
> the network, and of course these mappings are broken now. I can remap,
> but I'd rather get my old hostname back.
If you have a NIC on a private network, you can have it say whatever you
want. My computer is "circuit" no matter what's goin' on.
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