Getting rid of localhost

linuxchick · 03-05-2002, 12:42 PM

How do you get rid of localhost.localdomain as your domain name? I am tired of seeing Linuxchick@localhost at the top of my terminal window.

I have already changed /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/hosts. I have even gone into the network connection GUI and changed the alias but nothing has worked so far. I am running RH 7.2 .

Thanks

Syncrm · 03-05-2002, 12:50 PM

type "hostname newhost" and then "domainname newdomain" and that *should* do it. sometimes it can be a little tricky, so you might need to play around with it a little...

make sure to reboot too.

linuxchick · 03-05-2002, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Syncrm
type "hostname newhost" and then "domainname newdomain" and that *should* do it.

so at the command prompt if I type "hostname Midget" <enter> "domainname midget.midget" and then reboot it should work?

Syncrm · 03-05-2002, 06:14 PM

close... "hostname Midget" <ENTER>, "domainname midget" <ENTER> and reboot *should* do the trick.

but again... sometimes it's a little tricky with redhat.

DavidPhillips · 03-05-2002, 09:04 PM

It will not be set when you reboot

it will go back to localhost

you need to put it in /etc/sysconfig/network

HOSTNAME=Midget
DOMAINNAME=midget

no need to reboot

just enter the commands in a terminal

when you reboot it will read the network file

You also need to set the host up in /etc/hosts, use your ip address

192.168.0.1 Midget.midget Midget

Syncrm · 03-05-2002, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by linuxchick
I have already changed /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/hosts.

yeah, she already did that. :-)

DavidPhillips · 03-05-2002, 10:37 PM

wow.

I didn't see that.

crazy ain't it?

Syncrm · 03-06-2002, 04:27 AM

hehe. good to know that even the almighty moderators miss things every now and then. :-)

so you *are* human, huh? ;-)

DavidPhillips · 03-06-2002, 09:47 AM

It's hard to imagine that not fixing it as well.

That's all I've ever done to set the hostname on RedHat

try this

echo $HOSTNAME

lacrimae · 03-06-2002, 12:40 PM

would doing that make anything inoperable, since my system has been running a while, and is used to it?
Red hat doesn't offer a way to config this during install. at least not 7.2

Syncrm · 03-06-2002, 01:49 PM

ummmmm... yeah, redhat 7.2 gives you the option to set your host and domain name during the install. it's in your network properties; second section where you set your DNS servers.

DavidPhillips · 03-06-2002, 05:51 PM

If you can't get it by the normal network file put the commands in /etc/rc.d/rc.local to set the hostname

hostname Midget
domainname midget

bkeating · 03-07-2002, 02:32 AM

newbie question....

what role does the 'localhost.localdomain' play? Im hosting a website from my machine (and im a newbie, scary huh?) would I want to change my localhost.localdomain info? I never read anything about this and if I should change it, what would be in the place of 'localhost' and 'localdomain'? Just need a quick definition on each and i'll be on my way.

(would localhost be like, the name you give your machine? And localdomain the "domain.com" of your orginization er whatever?)

DavidPhillips · 03-07-2002, 02:37 AM

If it's on the internet then you may want it to be the actual dns name

but it does not have to be anything in particular.

you can leave it as is or change it to something else

dewcansam · 03-07-2002, 01:09 PM

#vi /etc/HOSTNAME
Midget

#vi /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 midget localhost localhost.localdomain.cxm
192.168.0.1 midget midget.mydomain.com

if you get really desperate
#grep -s localhost /etc/*
#grep -s localhost /etc/sysconfig/*
#grep -s localhost /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/*

you could try
#grep -rs localhost /etc/*
but i can't guarantee you that you won't get back a whole bunch of crap along with the info that you wanted.