The name of my PC

c0c0deuz · 11-06-2002, 10:00 PM

I seem to have the wrong name for my pc, i am trying to connect with NFS to my other pc and it doesn't work, i tried the IP, i tried the name and it doesn't work...
What is the name of my pc? i go to the shell and i see root@dhcppc2 is that the one? i tought so! but if i try the use the mount root@dhcppc2:/mnt/export /mnt/import it gives me that it is impossible to get the address for that name.
What am i doing wrong?

stickman · 11-06-2002, 10:09 PM

Try leaving out the "root@" part.

aliensub · 11-06-2002, 10:13 PM

root@dhcppc2 = root is your username (you are logged in as root) dhpcppc2 is the name of your pc.

Btw: it is not a good idea to be logged in as root all the time if you have internet acces from that machine. Wth a silly misatke you can mess up the whole system, as user there is not a chance for that, and you are more secured when you surf the net.

c0c0deuz · 11-06-2002, 10:16 PM

Still impossible to get the address for that name.

jdc2048 · 11-06-2002, 10:57 PM

do an "nslookup dhcppc2" from your other PC and see if if it can find it. if it cant then you need to do something to make dhcppc2 visible to the other.

1. edit /etc/hosts and add dhcppc2 + IP to this file.
2. if the dhcppc2 can be resolved by dns, then ensure your machines can see the dns server. (/etc/resolv.conf)

Zwitterion · 11-07-2002, 09:38 AM

How do you change the computer name? Mine reads:

root@localhost

trickykid · 11-07-2002, 09:47 AM

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Originally posted by Zwitterion
How do you change the computer name? Mine reads:

root@localhost

hostname name-you-want-as-your-host

man hostname for more options.

esael · 11-07-2002, 10:41 AM

edit /etc/HOSTNAME ... or other location

frankietomatoes · 11-07-2002, 11:27 AM

Under Redhat:

vi /etc/sysconfig/network

...
HOSTNAME=whatyoulike
...

jdc2048 · 11-07-2002, 07:48 PM

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Still impossible to get the address for that name.

What is the status on this? Were you able to get this working?

Post the solution if you have one, so that others can access the info.

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thanks,
Jeremiah