Cool. Thxs for the help everything changed. Only thing is that I didnt edit /etc/issue cause i didnt know what how to do to it. But everything is working. Is there something i should do to it b4 bigger problems show up?
Quick question if you dont mind, how did RH get the debian name? --- Sean Estabrooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 21:43:29 -0700 (PDT) > "Miguel M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sup everyone! > > > > Well i was wondering if i can change the computers > > name. I think its also called the host name. The > thing > > is every time i boot into RH (9), at the login > screen > > its says "welcome to debian"! ok i admit im a > linux > > edit /etc/issue > > > > n00b so i was trying out different distros. One of > > them was debian. But how does RedHat know that, if > > debian was on a totally different hard drive and > it > > was gone by the time RH was installed. Also when > in > > use a terminal it say "[EMAIL PROTECTED] root ]". Is > there > > a way to get rid of this? > > this should take care of itself after changing > the system hostname (see below) > > > > > Also another reason i want to change this is b/c > every > > time i login, when GNOME starts up i get the > message: > > > > Could not look up internet address for debian. > This > > will prevent GNOME from operating correctly. It > may be > > possible to correct the problem by adding debian > to > > the file /etc/hosts. > > > > you'll want to edit the file /etc/sysconfig/network > and change the hostname entry. You'll also want > to add that name to your /etc/hosts file. > > you'll need to reboot to test this change. > > Cheers, > Sean ===== -Miguel [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
