I've finally got a linux box to use at work!! Of course, I've promptly installed Slack on it. However, I'm having a little difficulty in configuring the networking on it as I've only ever used DHCP with linux. Couple of questions:
1. How do I change my computer's host name to the name assigned by the network admin? I've tried to edit the /etc/hosts file, but this doesn't seem to change the actual hostname.
2. I'm trying to configure networking by editing the /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf and putting the correct values under: IPADDR and GATEWAY. I also set USE_DHCP to "no".

However, I cannot get a connection. Any help pointing me in the right direction would really be appreciated.

Thanks.

You can useto setup you network in Slack

Bathory, thanks for the quick response. I really appreciate it. I fired up netconfig and I'm just waiting for my network admin to get back to me with the correct netmask to use. I'll post back with the results.

Note that after running netconfig that you need to run rc.inet1 or reboot to action the changes

that worked great guys. Thanks a lot. Now I'm Slackin' at work!!