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08-18-2003, 07:26 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Distribution: Mandrake 9.1
Posts: 16
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hostname
I am trying to change the hostname on my Mandrake 9.1 Linux installation. I thought the hostname file was located at /etc/hostname and that I could edit it with vi.
One problem is that I can't find the hostname file. There may be other problems that I don't know about.
Any help?
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08-18-2003, 08:01 PM
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Member
Registered: Apr 2003
Distribution: Gentoo 1.4
Posts: 290
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/etc/sysconfig/network
it's in there
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08-18-2003, 08:01 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Gangavathi, Karnataka(state), INDIA
Distribution: Redhat 7.3
Posts: 28
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Hi Guyd
i am not sure about Mandrake distro, but i could edit /etc/hosts file in RH7.2 and enter IP address and hostname of my choice.
I hope u can find similar /etc/hosts file in Mandrake.
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08-18-2003, 08:02 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Distribution: slackware
Posts: 4,185
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/etc/hosts
/etc/sysconfig/network
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08-18-2003, 08:02 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Distribution: slackware
Posts: 4,185
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lol 3 posts at the same time  |
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08-18-2003, 09:07 PM
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Member
Registered: Apr 2003
Distribution: Gentoo 1.4
Posts: 290
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my bad, you set the hostname in /etc/sysconfig/network, then add an entry to /etc/hosts
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