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Old 09-16-2004, 12:44 AM   #1
corbis_demon
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Changing domain name


Hi,
I'm running fedora core 2 and debian on my p4.I'd like to know if there's a process by which I could change my domain name (from user@localdomain to user@workstation).Please advise.
 
Old 09-16-2004, 01:16 AM   #2
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Re: Changing domain name

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Originally posted by corbis_demon
Hi,
I'm running fedora core 2 and debian on my p4.I'd like to know if there's a process by which I could change my domain name (from user@localdomain to user@workstation).Please advise.
i wanna say netconfig can do that for you, but im not sure if thats in every distro.

edit: i take that back, im wrong

Last edited by joker20; 09-16-2004 at 01:17 AM.
 
Old 09-16-2004, 07:48 AM   #3
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look into the file /etc/HOSTNAME, i think you should change it to what you want.

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