# hostname <newhostname> then edit /etc/sysconfig/network and change the hostname entry to the new name
restart _________________________________ daniel a. g. quinn starving programmer giving it up would mean... it would mean that all along they'd been wrong. it would mean that they'd never known how to rule the world. it would mean... relinquishing their pretensions to godhood. - Daniel Quinn's "ishmael" ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 12:22 PM Subject: hostname | Can somebody help me with setting the hostname on my laptop workstation | installation running RH7.3. | | Currently my email headers have the something like "received: from | localhost.localdomain" and I would like that to be something a bit more | meaningful. What do I have to setup? | | >From what I can find on the net I think that I have to create a file in /etc | called "hostname" and put my chosen hostname in there, and then edit the | /etc/host file. | | Is this correct? | Will it cause problems? | | Any advice appreciated | | Chris Harris | Stanley | Falkland Islands | | | | _______________________________________________ | Redhat-list mailing list | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list | _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
