Brad Rogers([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:53:04 +0100
> Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello Chris,
>
> > I still cannot work out how hostname is remembering a name ("earth")
> > that it has not saved in /etc/hostname (which still contains
> > "desktop"). hostname --fqdn is also confused and cannot find a host!
>
> You seem to be under the impression that the command hostname writes to
> the file /etc/hostname. AIUI, that is *not* the case. You'll have to
> alter the file in a text editor.
>
HOSTNAME(1)
Linux Programmer's Manual
HOSTNAME(1)
NAME
hostname - show or set the system's host name
WT
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