On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 07:29:20AM -0400, Pocket wrote: > On 10/27/23 07:12, gene heskett wrote: > > I tried to change just this machine to see how its done, and managed to > > get all the right answers, which did not affect my local network since I > > generally use the alias name for an ssh or sshfs login, but on a reboot > > its all gone. So how the heck do we do that so it survives a reboot?
*What* is "all gone"? Show us commands and their output, and then explain why the output is not what you expected. > /etc/hosts If you're using short-form hostnames like this: unicorn:~$ hostname unicorn then yeah, that's all you need. If you're using long-form hostnames (with dots in them), then you also need to configure /etc/hostname. I use the short-form hostnames, so mine is simply: unicorn:~$ cat /etc/hostname unicorn Couldn't be simpler, really.
