On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 02:32:18AM -0600, AuntieParticle scripsit:
> >If all you want to do is create an alias for 'localhost', you can do
> >it like:
> >
> >127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain nameyouwant
> >
> Yes believe this is all I wish to do.
>
> Should I then also change in etc/sysconfig/network? :
>
> HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
>
> to
>
> HOSTNAME=nameiwant.localdomain
>
> or just leave that part alone?
I'd just use HOSTNAME=nameiwant
Changing /etc/sysconfig/network is the change you'll see in things like
prompts and uname -a and so on; it seems likely that you want to do
that. A "hostname" entry /etc/sysconfig/network over-rides a hostname
assigned via DHCP, your service provider, etc.
If you have DHCP from a SOHO router or similar, you may otherwise get a
generic hostname assigned from the router. If you get a hostname from
your service provider via PPPoE, it's just possible that you need to
allow that for their network to be happy, but I don't think that is
likely.
You won't see any change until after you've restarted the network --
/etc/init.d/network restart
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