see /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/hosts you will understant from there what you have to do. On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 10:43, Don wrote: > I have FC1 installed on two machines and I use ssh to log on from one to > the other ... > > in the command window, each prompt is [don@localhost don] > > How can I name each machine so the prompt will identify the machine I'm > on? > > I tried using the hostname command, but that didn't seem to work as I > wanted. > > Logged on as root I entered: hostname natasha > and the command appeared to work.... but then when I tried to start a > console/terminal session, no window was displayed... I restarted the > machine (shutdown -r now) and things reverted to the way they were... I > could start a terminal window again, but again, the prompt says > localhost. > > Any suggestions, or have I happened onto a bug? > > Thanks, > Don > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
