On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 07:43, Chadley Wilson wrote: > 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 > ===================================== Try adding localhost to 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain Cat of my /etc/hosts cat /etc/hosts # Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost -- Mike Ramirez <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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