Re: rename a machine

1996-08-06 Thread Craig Sanders
On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Warwick HARVEY wrote: > > Can anyone tell me how to _Permanently_ change the hostname on my > > machine ??? > > > > If I issue the hostname command: hostname newname > > > > the node name is set to newname - HOWEVER after a reboot the > > original name returns. > > The ho

Re: rename a machine

1996-08-05 Thread Randall Jones
On Mon, 5 Aug 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can anyone tell me how to _Permanently_ change the hostname on my > machine ??? > ... > Where is this info written ? > file: "/etc/hostname" edit this file to change your hostname. You might also want to add an entry in /etc/hosts fo

Re: rename a machine

1996-08-05 Thread Warwick HARVEY
> Can anyone tell me how to _Permanently_ change the hostname on my > machine ??? > > If I issue the hostname command: hostname newname > > the node name is set to newname - HOWEVER after a reboot the original > name returns. The host name of a machine is sto

Re: rename a machine

1996-08-05 Thread David C Winters
On Mon, 5 Aug 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can anyone tell me how to _Permanently_ change the hostname on my > machine ??? > Where is this info written ? Edit the single-line file /etc/hostname so it holds your machine's desired (new) hostname. David [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: rename a machine

1996-08-05 Thread Joshua Stockwell
Look in /etc/hostname file -Josh Stockwell

Re: rename a machine

1996-08-05 Thread Rob Browning
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Where is this info written ? /etc/hostname at the minimum. -- Rob

Re: rename a machine

1996-08-05 Thread Will Waites
> > Can anyone tell me how to _Permanently_ change the hostname on my > machine ??? > edit /etc/hostname so that it contains the hostname that you want. put hostname `cat /etc/hostname` in one of your rc.* scripts if it isn't there already. Will

Re: rename a machine

1996-08-05 Thread Tim 'The Unslept' Sailer
In your email to me, [EMAIL PROTECTED], you wrote: > > Can anyone tell me how to _Permanently_ change the hostname on my > machine ??? > > If I issue the hostname command: hostname newname > > the node name is set to newname - HOWEVER after a reboot the original >

rename a machine

1996-08-05 Thread David_Oswald
Can anyone tell me how to _Permanently_ change the hostname on my machine ??? If I issue the hostname command: hostname newname the node name is set to newname - HOWEVER after a reboot the original name returns. Where is this info written ?