setting computer name

[Rotariu Bogdan]

hello
check /etc/sysconfig/network

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Javier Gonzalez" <gonzo at linuxmail.org>
To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:23 AM
Subject: setting computer name


> 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
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