super noob

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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

 

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 !