> The effect of the "hostname" command will only last until the next reboot, > where the init scripts will set the name "localhost" for him - I assume > that's not what he wants. This will happen at least in RedHat, and I would > guess in most other distributions.
Correct! from slackware /etc/rc.d/rc.M: /bin/hostname `cat /etc/HOSTNAME | cut -f1 -d .` ================================================================= 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]