On Tuesday 07 May 2002 18:17, you wrote: > On Tue, May 07, 2002, Eliran wrote about "Nicknames for my Hostname": > > '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. > >.. > > Are there other places which I should set this ? > > /etc/hosts has nothing to do with the host name the shell reports. > > The kernel keeps track of a "host name" returned by commands like "uname > -n" or "hostname", and also by your shell. You set it with the "hostname" > command too: "hostname eliran". > > However, the effect of the "hostname" command is only until the next > reboot.
not 100% correct. logout and login are enough, at least for mandrake and redhat. tal. Each distribution should have some init file that reads the host > name from a file and sets it with "hostname" - in RedHat the file you > should edit is /etc/sysconfig/network (the variable HOSTNAME). Or just use > linuxconf. -- ----------------------------------------------- [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]
