[PLUG] Changing computer name

Scott VanHoosen octopus024 at yahoo.com
Sat Nov 30 08:09:54 UTC 2002


Edit this file:

/etc/sysconfig/network
  NETWORKING=yes
  HOSTNAME=dell

Good luck,

-Scott

--- Robbert van Andel <robbert at vafam.com> wrote:
> How do I change the name of my computer so I don't keep seeing
> localhost.localdomain.  I'm running RedHat 7.3.  I have tried
> changing
> /etc/hosts but could not boot into gnome afterwards.  I attempted to
> change the localhost after localhost.localdomain so it read:
> 
> 127.0.0.1    localhost.localdomain    dell
> 
> But still showed localhost.local even after rebooting.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Robbert van Andel
> 
> 
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