Re: Changing "localhost.localdomain"

["oertrol planet nl" <oertrol planet nl>]

Hi,
I am a newbie. This thread raises the following question:
Has  /etc/hosts got to do with this?
Hope someone can explain.
Ciao,
Pepijn.

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Manuel Camacho wrote:

> I manually changed /etc/sysconfig/network.
>
> Now I log and I have "MyComputer" as hostname.
>
> BUT, when I try to compile, compilations generate an error message (but 
> they end successfully):
>
> "Could not canonicalize hostname: MyComputer"
>
> lpd is giving hostname errors, too.
>
> I tried issuing the hostname command, but I got the same results.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA,
>
> -Manuel.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph A Nagy Jr <pagan_prince charter net>
> To: redhat-list redhat com
> Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 11:09:36 -0600
> Subject: Re: Changing "localhost.localdomain"
>
>  
>
> > Manuel Camacho wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > I have a desktop computer at home running RH 7.2. I connect to the
> > >      
> > net 
> >    
> >
> > > using rp3 by means of a modem connection (no LAN, WAN, not even a
> > >      
> > network 
> >    
> >
> > > card on this box). In my consoles and prompts I 
> > > get "localhost.localdomain", which I would like to change to other
> > >      
> > text, 
> >    
> >
> > > i.e., "naming" my computer. 
> > >
> > > How can I do this?
> > >
> > > Displaying "computer's name" rather than "localhost.localdomain" has 
> > > nothing but an esthetic meaning to me.
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot,
> > >
> > > -Manuel.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > hostname your.hostname
> >
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