This is a bit trivial, but I figured somebody is bound to respond. I've been trying to set up a name for my laptop for the first time. So, I tried using hostname to change the name of my computer, and then I logged out to see if it would change the name in the graphical greeter. It actually did, but then it would tell me that it could not find the name I had given to my computer. I went ahead and check /etc/hosts, and it has the following in it: # Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost So it really did not change the name. I also checked out /etc/host.conf and found the following: order hosts,bind however it did not have 'multi on', which I saw as being needed according to the Linux how-to help guides. The conflict that I see is that I am using DHCP, and I switch from servers in a daily basis. I checked /etc/resolv.conf and I had something like the following ; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script search your.isp.domain.name nameserver 10.25.0.1 nameserver 10.25.1.2 Is there anyway for me to name my computer without incurring in further problems. Regards, -G -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze
