On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:11:49 -0700, Kim Lux <lux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm doing a lot of sshing these days and it helps if the prompt line > reflects the computer I am working on rather than just saying > "localhost". > > How does one permanently display the hostname in the command prompt, > aside from changing the command prompt itself. > > I've tried using "hostname <newname>" and it works until the machine is > rebooted, but then it comes back with "localhost". I can't > find /etc/hostname either. > > How and where is hostname set and how does one alter it ? > $ cat /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=foo.bar.com GATEWAY=192.168.100.1 -- http://vnoss.org/forum/
