On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 06:15, Krikket wrote: > On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Philip Wyett wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 05:43, Krikket wrote: > > > I've recently switched over my laptop from SuSE 9.0 to Fedora Core 1. So > > > far I like what I see. > > > > > > Unfortunately for me, there are a few things that are different in the > > > distributions that have me stumped. I'm hoping someone out there can lend > > > me a pointer or two... > > > > > > 1> Assign the machine name. With SuSE, I could either change a setting > > > in YaST or edit /etc/HOSTNAME to set the machine name from "localhost" to > > > "serenity". (Or anything else I wanted...) This file doesn't appear to > > > exist with Fedora. How do I set it? > > > > > > > You could have set this at install time, but see in /etc/hosts. > > Where?!? Due to some bad hardware that I *was* going to use as a server, > I've gone through the Fedora install process at least half a dozen times > in the last few days, and I haven't seen it anywhere... > > As for /etc/hosts I have three lines: > > # (Commentary about not deleting the second line) > # (More commentary) > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > What should I be modifying? I've tried playing around with both > occurances of "localhost". If I modify the first, I get an error when I > try to enter Gnome. If I modify the second, it appears to do nothing. > (Or is there yet another variable I have to change to see it reflected in > my shell prompt?) > > Or am I missing something even more basic? > > Krikket > As Alexander states you need to set '/etc/sysconfig/network' e.g. [philip@wyett CS]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=wyett You can also set (if needed) '/etc/hosts' e.g. [philip@wyett CS]$ cat /etc/hosts # Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail. 127.0.0.1 wyett localhost.localdomain localhost Since the Fedora Core has no docs as such yet especially screenshots. I refer you to the RH 9 docs for where you can set the hostname manually. Under the Fedora Core install the screen is virtually identical. http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install-guide/s1-netconfig.html Regards Phil -- Email: philip@xxxxxxxxx Website: http://www.wyett.net Public key: http://www.wyett.net/gpg/public_key.txt --
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