On Tuesday 07 May 2002 18:05, you wrote: > Hello group! > > I am trying to add another nickname for 127.0.0.1 which I want to be called > 'eliran', pinging 'eliran' (ping eliran) works fine but why does the shell > bash keeps telling me it's 'localhost' (I set PS1="\h\$ " but it still > keeps showing me localhost). > > Here is my /etc/hosts after adding a 'eliran' to the begining. > > 127.0.0.1 eliran localhost.localdomain localhost > > Are there other places which I should set this ?
change your hostname to eliran by typing "hostname eliran" they type "hostname" to see the new name. logout, login and you are all set. tal. > > Thanks, > Eliran. -- ----------------------------------------------- [root@localhost /]# make love make: stop : dont know how to make love [root@localhost /]#ls Amir Tal, ICQ : 15748705 http://www.whatsup.org.il ----------------------------------------------- ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
