hostname

[optech]

my hostname/domain is still locahost.localdomain...
i do not wish to have this!!!


everytime i set it to what i want, it goes back to that...

i'm using mandrake 8.0 for this, and slackware did it fine...

it just keeps going back when i use linuxconf to set it...

where is the file that contains the host/domain names?
should be in /etc i think....

and what the hell is going on on LNO?!?!

[lsibn]

Originally posted by optech:
<STRONG>i'm using mandrake 8.0 for this, and slackware did it fine...

it just keeps going back when i use linuxconf to set it...

where is the file that contains the host/domain names?
should be in /etc i think....

and what the hell is going on on LNO?!?!</STRONG>

Slackware set the $HOSTNAME via rc.M, I believe- if you rebooted, rc.M would set it back to what it was before you changed.

the file is usually /etc/HOSTNAME or /etc/hostname. You might try looking it /etc/sysconfig just to be sure it's not there. BUT, I don't use MDK, so I'm not sure about any of this...

[MaxWave]

In Solaris I edit the /etc/hostname file but that does not work for me in linux. I always use netconf and reboot. I did it once on Mandrake 7.0.

[posterboy]

if Mandy is like RH, it is in /etc/sysconfig/network. The other places where your name goes are taken from this one. Ray

[EscapeCharacter]

if worst comes to worst you can always add "hostname goofyname" to rc.local

[ 29 May 2001: Message edited by: EscapeCharacter ]

[optech]

who would've thought that typing
hostname [hostname] would do it?