On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:19:54 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote: > I Beartooth wrote: >> I know it's a Very Dumb Question; I just can't find a general >> answer that works. [....] >> Clue, please? Pretty please? >> >> > Three files can affect the system name. > > The name seen in the prompt is from the hostname command, which gets set > from: > /etc/sysconfig/network > HOSTNAME= OK, I changed that one on this machine. > When your system connects to the network, it can tell the network which > name it wants to be known as. This name, which dynamic DNS servers can > receive from the DHCP service, are configured in the network > configuration script, such as: > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 DHCP_HOSTNAME= That one already had the name I wanted. > Programs on your local system use a consistent method to look up IP > addresses and associated host names. In most cases, the local > /etc/hosts file is consulted first, and then DNS or other services. > Therefore, some applications on your system, like sendmail, can get > hostname from: > /etc/hosts Two very odd things. First nano -w doesn't make it obvious to me (though perhaps it should) how much is one line, how much another : GNU nano 2.0.6 File: /etc/ hosts # Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost localhost ::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6 I have no idea where that 6 comes from, nor what it's doing there. Second, if I open Computer > Filesystem > /etc with nautilus, I don't see hosts at all! The search button or search tool on my panel finds 81 files whose name contains "hosts", one of which is indeed /etc/ hosts; but clicking on that does get it in gedit, which looks much the same : # Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost localhost ::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6 Is what begins with "::1" really a different line, then, than the 127.0.0.1 line? Also, it doesn't say not to edit that line, just not to delete it. Do I want to change "localhost" (without the 6) there?? > These three files/methods cover %99 of user systems, and are very likely > all you would need to look at. > > Good Luck! Thanks! I've got a feelin' I'm gonna need it ... -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert Fedora 8 & 9; Alpine 1.10, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6; Dillo 0.8.6, Galeon 2, Epiphany 2, Opera 9, Firefox 2 & 3 Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
