Paul Johnson wrote: >On Friday 23 September 2005 01:56 pm, Redefined Horizons wrote: > > >>Debian Users, >> I thought that the host name of my Debian box was the same as my computer >>name, but I just learned that they are not the same. How do I set the >>computer name, and what is the difference between the two? >> >> > >Sometimes, Windows calls the SMB hostname the "computer name." Outside of SMB >(and by extension, Windows), this distinction does not exist. > > Solaris boxes make the distinction, I believe. They have a computer name, and they have a hostname for each NIC/network/zone (a 'zone' being somewhat like a virtual machine).
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