give my machine a name
 

How do I give my machine a name? All the other machines on my LAN are running windows and have names. The DHCP server entry for my machine is blank.

If you use the dhcpcd client then add a -h <name> to the command arguements.

Do:

vim /etc/hostname

Or your favorite text editor...

Type in your machine's name. For example, the only thing in that file on my computer is: aphrodite

Save and quit.

Restart to see the change!

Look in /etc/sysconfig/network if you have a static IP address.

Since you said it's DHCP, it's probably in /etc/hostname or /etc/hosts

You should have a hostname in the /etc/hostname file for your computer already. Also look in /etc/hosts

Check these out and edit them to name your PC and get back to us :)

Peace,
Whitehat

As I was typing....everyone else answered :)

Yep, I'm entertaining myself by seeing how many questions I can answer until somebody gets around to answering my question! :)