How do I change the hostname of my computer?

I've heard /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit does it, but I don't seem to have that file. I also read the manual page for hostname and it says that the hostname is usually set once at system startup in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 or /etc/init.d/boot but I don't have either of these files.

So how do I change it? I'm running Debian, by the way, but I'm not sure if this is really that distro specific so I'm posting this here instead of the Debian Forum.

I don't have a hostname at the moment. all it says is user@(none) which is not too cool.

Thanks.

I'm sure you can do it when you set up your LAN cards ( static IP / DHCP / Hostnames, DNS, Routing)

In SUSE it's all done in YAST but I'm sure other distros have a LAN configuration utility.

Do you have a /etc/HOSTNAME ?

$ cat /etc/HOSTNAME

If you do, you can just type

# yourhostname > /etc/HOSTNAME

:)

Nope, don't have an /etc/hostname or /etc/HOSTNAME. I'll try and create one, though, with the hostname I want and reboot. I'll post in a few minutes if this works or not.

Thanks.

By the way, in your hostname file. Is there anything else besides your hostname?

It worked. Creating /etc/hostname and simply typing in my hostname (rakka).

Thanks.