John Courie II wrote:How do I configure my system to have a custom name that shows up on the prompt while still accepting and using the dynamic IP sent from comcast?
Try editing the following files:
/etc/sysconfig/network /etc/hosts
As an additional note, /etc/hosts should *always* contain this line:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
What you can/should do is to either add another alias to that line (which I find kludgy and awkward), or add another line pointing to your machine's other name:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 127.0.0.1 spanky.redbutt.com spanky
That should work like a charm. You *do* want another hostname. You do *not* want to erase localhost... too many things look for that name, so you should always keep it.
Cheers,
-- Rodolfo J. Paiz rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.simpaticus.com
