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how do i change the name of my computer so that it doesn't read localhost in the command line?

thanks,

rich

what distro?

Quote:how do i change the name of my computer so that it doesn't read localhost in the command line?thanks,

rich

login as root

Code:
su -

edit the hosts file

Code:
vi /etc/hosts

do not change the line listed as 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

but add a line which is as follows:-

Code:
192.168.0.123 myhostname

where 192.168.0.123is your ip address

save the file

Code:
:wq

that should do it

i hope !

Ok first up.. where I use "vi", replace that with the editor that you are comfortable with for instance "gedit" is quite easy to use. Also all of this should be done as "root"...

Become root:

Code:
su -

For a temporary change (until next reboot)

Code:
# hostname my.site.com

For perm changes:

ALL the SYSTEMS! (use your IP.. it might not be what I put here)

Code:
# vi /etc/hosts

192.168.1.1 my.site.com  my

Gentoo

Code:
# vi /etc/conf.d/hostname

HOSTNAME="my"

# vi /etc/conf.d/domainname

DNSDOMAIN="site.com"

Redhat (I assume Fedora therefore)

Code:
# vi /etc/sysconfig/network

HOSTNAME=my.site.com

Slackware

Code:
vi /etc/HOSTNAME

myhostname.example.com

I wish they were all just one line :)

WOWWW! thanks. i got that done. i'm using ubuntu and i can connect to some websites but other, yahoo, google, etc always get hung up. i think it's a firewall thing but i don't know the name of my firewall, ubuntu asked if i wanted it enabled and i said yes, or how to gain access to it. any ideas.

thanks,

rich

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