On Wednesday 01 September 2004 13:53, Paul Howarth wrote: > Chadley Wilson wrote: > > On Wednesday 01 September 2004 13:35, malik malik wrote: > >>goto start > system settings > network > >> > >>there select DNS tab and enter ur hostname. > > > > Sorry man, I know about that one, I was actually referring to the > > physical file as I don't have a gui on the server. Some linux distro's > > keep it in a file called /etc/HOSTNAME but were is it set in fedora 1? > > A good place to look for such things is /etc/sysconfig : > > $ fgrep -i hostname /etc/sysconfig/* > fgrep: /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config: Permission denied > /etc/sysconfig/network:HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain > > Paul. mmm I have a very strange system here? there is nothing in /etc/hosts and /etc/network other than localhost.localdomain. but I still have a hostname that won't change back to localhost. I will just have to add it to rc.local thanks guys I just thought there was another place? -- Chadley Wilson Production Line Supervisor Pinnacle Micro Manufacturers of Proline Computers ==================================== Exercise freedom, Use LINUX =====================================
