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I have only been using Linux for a day now - thought it was time to wean myself off of Windows. Well, I've figured out how to change the hostname of my machine, but any time I reboot the hostname reverts to 'none'
Is there any way I can prevent this from happening?
if I want to change the name that shows up when I open a terminal is this where to do it? and if I am using dhcp to get an IP address would I add another line:
127.0.0.1 mandrake-linux
or would I have to use a different IP other than the localhost name, or do I need to put an IP address in at all??? this is the part that confuses me. If I don't have a static IP how can I put a hostname in there?
how do I get it to change the host name in the terminal:
right now it says.... root@win2k-0
I would like it to say root@mandrake-linux
I know the hostname is set so other machines can see it right, I just want my own machine to know it's correct name as well or will this be accomplished after modifying the hosts file and rebooting?
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