On Tuesday 23 February 2021 14:29:01 Tom Browder wrote: > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 11:59 AM Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> > wrote: ... > > > Nothing I do survives a reboot, so what do I do to actually rename > > the machine and make it stick? Hopefully without losiing the > > networking > > Hey, Gene. I usually have to fiddle around a little, but I've always > had success on Debian this way (as root): > > # hostname TLM > > edit /etc/hostname and set the desired name to TLM if it's not > already changed > > I also edit /etc/hosts and make the first couple of lines look like > this: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain.com localhost > 127.0.1.1 TLM.geneslinuxbox.net TLM
The first line is std here. Why should it have the 2nd one? > Then reboot and cross your fingers. Arthritis at 86 is beginning to make that painful. :( > > Blessings, > > -Tom > > P.S. Keep your powder dry! Absolutely. I may yet live to see the last box opened. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
