Graydon wrote:
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
Thanks! That was just what I needed. It worked great!
AP
