also sprach D-Man (on Mon, 12 Feb 2001 07:13:35PM -0500):
> specified in a file in /etc (that gets read on boot). I know that if
> you change the name of localhost in /etc/hosts and reboot your
> greeting will show the new host name.
no, not true. you have to change /etc/hostname for that.
> BTW, Is there a way to "reset" the hostname without rebooting? I had
do precisely that: echo my_new_hostname > /etc/hostname followed by a
/bin/hostname `cat /etc/hostname`
martin
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