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06-27-2006, 04:14 PM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2004
Location: NC, USA
Distribution: Slackware 10
Posts: 109
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root@ issue
hello, I have been trying to change the root@blahblah, to something like root@wahwah, for example. I tried using netconfig, but I have not managed to change it. Do I need to use another method for changing this?
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06-27-2006, 04:15 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 43,417
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what do you mean by root@blahblah????
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06-27-2006, 04:17 PM
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#3
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Member
Registered: Sep 2004
Location: NC, USA
Distribution: Slackware 10
Posts: 109
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In the shell window, I dont use a gui.
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06-27-2006, 04:19 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 43,417
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you mean a hostname??
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06-27-2006, 04:20 PM
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#5
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Member
Registered: Sep 2004
Location: NC, USA
Distribution: Slackware 10
Posts: 109
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yeah, thats it. I used netconfig, but it didnt change.
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06-27-2006, 04:21 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 43,417
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edit /etc/HOSTNAME
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06-27-2006, 04:40 PM
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#7
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Member
Registered: Sep 2004
Location: NC, USA
Distribution: Slackware 10
Posts: 109
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ok, the netconfig did work, I just needed to reboot. Thanks for the help.
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