On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> John Aldrich wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 09 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > > Run linuxconf from a terminal. It deals with such setup and other stuff, like
> > > file systems and user accounts. Linuxconf is your friend.
> > >
> > > To replace the question with one of my own, I'm not really understanding the
> > > "basic host information" group (that's where you set the host name). In the
> > > "host name" box, is that the full name (e.g., "vick.resnet.grinnell.edu") or
> > > just the computer's name (e.g., "vick")?
> > >
> > I believe the "hostname" is JUST the computer name.
> > John
>
> hostname is the hostname not the computer name (i.e. localhost.localdomain or
> mindless.wonder)
> in xxx.yyy xxx is the computer name and yyy is the domainname
>
I consider "computername" to be JUST the xxx, so we both agree. :-)
i.e the computer name on my personal machine is "slave1." The "Fully
qualified hostname" of my machine is slave1.chattanooga.net
John
