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Change computer name
Name: darkhalf Date: February 9, 2004 at 10:04:03 Pacific OS: RH 9 CPU/Ram: 512
Comment:
Hi, total noob in Linux...
How do you change the name of the computer.. I'm able to do hostname = whatever, but when I reboot it goes back to localhost...
Name: heart_debian Date: February 9, 2004 at 10:36:52 Pacific
Reply:
Edit /etc/hosts, the loopback interface is your own system.
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Response Number 2
Name: 3Dave Date: February 10, 2004 at 07:54:35 Pacific
Reply:
You also want to edit /etc/HOSTNAME before rebooting. The system usually sets the hostname at boot time when starting networking (eg by running /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1, /etc/init.d/boot etc) which in turn takes the name from the file /etc/HOSTNAME. I think under redhat you might want to check /etc/sysconfig/network too....
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Response Number 3
Name: jamaas Date: March 10, 2004 at 03:29:26 Pacific
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I'm attempting to do the same, change the name of my machine, as simply as possible from localhost to something else. I'm running Mandrake 9.2 on i586. I've checked and don't seem to have a file called "/etc/HOSTNAME.
Any suggestions how to get this done with M-9.2? If I create this file with that work? If so what might I put in it?
Summary: Hi, everyone. Just want to check with u professional Linux guys about the computer name. Initially, when Linux redhat 9 is setup. The default computer name is LOCALHOST. Let say, if I want to change t...
Summary: when my redhat box boots up it used to boot up to the name localhost.domain. now it boots up to some name that I never changed it too, and I get an error telling me to add this name to my hosts file....
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