How do you: change a linux machine's name to appear on a network? (Suse10)

LordFett · 02-02-2006, 10:48 PM

I have a home network that is getting ever larger (5-7 machines right now) and my two WinXP machines I can see on the network via my router's scan as the computer names. But my linux machines all appear as - under device name.

Is there a way that I can change the name's of my machines so they will be named on my network?s

Right now my linux machines are all running SUSE10.

paul_mat · 02-03-2006, 01:12 AM

change the /etc/hosts file from whatever is it to

127.0.0.1 new-host-name localhost.localdomain localhost

change the /etc/sysconfig/network from from

NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=old host name

to
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=new host name

LordFett · 02-03-2006, 11:42 AM

Ok, I got the first one. But /etc/sysconfig/network is a folder. Is there a file in network I need to change? Or should there be a file in /etc/sysconfig called network?