Rename my pc ?

Tanc · 09-13-2003, 05:14 AM

Hi All,
I am using 2 pc's in my LAN and I stupidly gave the same name to both of them.

Into my mandrake 9.1 distro, is it possible to rename my pc ?
If not, is there any workaround ?
Tks in advance !
Pierre

Tanc · 09-13-2003, 05:31 AM

Sorry but i've managed to find a solution going into LinuxConf , Then I've selected the Settings tab, then network and finally PC NAME.

Just to know... is there another way to do it ?

acid_kewpie · 09-13-2003, 05:37 AM

do yourself a huge favour and remove linuxconf your system, it'll break your system sooner or later...

you can change your hostname any time just by using the "hostname" command

mana · 09-13-2003, 05:39 AM

I think what you have to do is:

Go on a terminal and do an su
then you will the file /etc/hosts

In this file you should have:
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.0.1 NAME

where NAME=the name you wanna give to the machine

then do a
/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart (I am not sure if you have to reboot or this command will change it for you? I am newbie as well

)

but u can check your host name using the command:
hostname

Simple

Good luck

Tanc · 09-13-2003, 05:43 AM

Thanks a lot acid_kewpie and mana !
LinuxConf is now deinstalled from my renamed (

) pc but why is it so risky to use it ?

Winno · 09-13-2003, 08:24 AM

Thanks too. I gave my machine a better name than the plain "localhost".

acid_kewpie · 09-13-2003, 08:28 AM

it's risky because it's not very good.. doesn't always write / edit files correctly... it was officially dropped by most distros a couple of years back.