Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-03-02 Thread Damon Lynch
On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 08:09, Todd Lyons wrote: RedHat also uses /etc/sysconfig/network: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rpm -q redhat-release redhat-release-7.3-1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# grep HOST /etc/sysconfig/network HOSTNAME=www.mrball.net Todd, Do you think a desirable feature would be for

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-03-02 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 02 March 2003 03:44 pm, Damon Lynch wrote: On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 08:09, Todd Lyons wrote: RedHat also uses /etc/sysconfig/network: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rpm -q redhat-release redhat-release-7.3-1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# grep HOST /etc/sysconfig/network HOSTNAME=www.mrball.net

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-03-02 Thread Damon Lynch
On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 10:24, Greg Meyer wrote: Do you think a desirable feature would be for the installer / GUI tools to reject an http://; being placed in front of the hostname? I've seen a newbie mess this up, and then have KDE refuse to start and Gnome regularly complain. She had to

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-03-02 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 02 March 2003 04:45 pm, Damon Lynch wrote: Greg, that's my point - surely one NEVER places the protocol in the host name. I'm suggesting the mandrake tools could stop this from happening. That's all :-) My apologies, i did not see the word reject in your reply, and I took it's

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-03-02 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sun, 2003-03-02 at 13:56, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 02 March 2003 04:45 pm, Damon Lynch wrote: Greg, that's my point - surely one NEVER places the protocol in the host name. I'm suggesting the mandrake tools could stop this from happening. That's all :-) My apologies, i did not

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-03-02 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 02 March 2003 11:15 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: On Sun, 2003-03-02 at 13:56, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 02 March 2003 04:45 pm, Damon Lynch wrote: Greg, that's my point - surely one NEVER places the protocol in the host name. I'm suggesting the mandrake tools could stop this

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-03-02 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sun, 2003-03-02 at 20:49, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 02 March 2003 11:15 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: On Sun, 2003-03-02 at 13:56, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 02 March 2003 04:45 pm, Damon Lynch wrote: Greg, that's my point - surely one NEVER places the protocol in the host name.

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-03-01 Thread James Sparenberg
On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 11:04, Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lyvim Xaphir wrote on Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:52:04PM -0800 : Hmvery interesting indeed. Since dhcp was a concept in and of itself to ease configuration problems, and then zeroconf is

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-03-01 Thread James Sparenberg
On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 11:09, Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David McGlone wrote on Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:04:28PM -0500 : I never had a problem setting my hostname with Red Hat, but since I switched to Mandrake, some things are just so different.

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-28 Thread James Sparenberg
On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 20:15, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: --- David McGlone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use vi, but I still get stuck in there sometimes because I forget the commands. - -- David M. Edification Web Solutions http://www.edificationweb.com Ahhh! A good man. Kudos to

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-28 Thread James Sparenberg
On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 20:06, Greg Meyer wrote: On Thursday 27 February 2003 10:59 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: --- Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 27 February 2003 01:08 pm, Jim C wrote: HOSTNAME=dude.mcgnarly.net DOMAINNAME=dude.mcgnarly.net Hmm, my DOMAINNAME

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-28 Thread James Sparenberg
On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 22:52, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: --- Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunately, inmy frustration I was using the term zeroconf to refer to all the changes in the networking setup. Between replacing dhcpd with dh-client, adding tmdns and zeroconf and rewriting

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-28 Thread James Sparenberg
On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 19:04, David McGlone wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 27 February 2003 01:08 pm, Jim C wrote: 1. The minimal (mandatory) setting for /etc/hosts is: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost More can be added but it must

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-28 Thread Todd Lyons
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lyvim Xaphir wrote on Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:52:04PM -0800 : Hmvery interesting indeed. Since dhcp was a concept in and of itself to ease configuration problems, and then zeroconf is using dhcp to ease configuration problems, which is

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-28 Thread Todd Lyons
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David McGlone wrote on Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:04:28PM -0500 : I never had a problem setting my hostname with Red Hat, but since I switched to Mandrake, some things are just so different. With Red Hat, the hostname was set in /etc/hostname on

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-27 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 20:42, David McGlone wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 How do I change my hostname from localhost.localdomain to Buddy? I changed /etc/hosts, and hostmdkgiorig, and it was still localhost.localdomain To change it permanently edit

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-27 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 26 February 2003 11:45 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: --- David McGlone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I change my hostname from localhost.localdomain to Buddy? I changed /etc/hosts, and hostmdkgiorig, and it was still

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-27 Thread Jim C
1. The minimal (mandatory) setting for /etc/hosts is: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost More can be added but it must at least be as above because this is one way that your computer finds other computers. This setting enables the system to find itself. Thus, if you change

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-27 Thread James Sparenberg
On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 05:44, Praedor Atrebates wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 26 February 2003 11:45 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: --- David McGlone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I change my hostname from localhost.localdomain to Buddy? I changed

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-27 Thread Damon Lynch
On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 09:23, James Sparenberg wrote: I would take it your an emacs user? *grin*... ok... then for the less command line oriented open it up kate or nedit then. This suggestion only works when the user has not already screwed up the host name :-) I helped someone a few days ago

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-27 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Thursday 27 February 2003 01:08 pm, Jim C wrote: HOSTNAME=dude.mcgnarly.net DOMAINNAME=dude.mcgnarly.net Hmm, my DOMAINNAME here doesn't have the full hostname, only the last bit. My HOSTNAME is darkforce.ky.org so its ky.org under DOMAINNAME. Is that wrong, should I change it? Thanks...

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-27 Thread Jim C
This would depend on whether or not DOMAINNAME is a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of which I am not certian. Mine works fine though so perhaps it is. Jim C. HOSTNAME=dude.mcgnarly.net DOMAINNAME=dude.mcgnarly.net Hmm, my DOMAINNAME here doesn't have the full hostname, only the last

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-27 Thread David McGlone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 27 February 2003 01:08 pm, Jim C wrote: 1. The minimal (mandatory) setting for /etc/hosts is: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost More can be added but it must at least be as above because this is one way that your

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-27 Thread David McGlone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 27 February 2003 03:23 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 05:44, Praedor Atrebates wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 26 February 2003 11:45 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: --- David

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-27 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
--- Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 27 February 2003 01:08 pm, Jim C wrote: HOSTNAME=dude.mcgnarly.net DOMAINNAME=dude.mcgnarly.net Hmm, my DOMAINNAME here doesn't have the full hostname, only the last bit. My HOSTNAME is darkforce.ky.org so its ky.org under

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-27 Thread Greg Meyer
On Thursday 27 February 2003 10:59 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: --- Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 27 February 2003 01:08 pm, Jim C wrote: HOSTNAME=dude.mcgnarly.net DOMAINNAME=dude.mcgnarly.net Hmm, my DOMAINNAME here doesn't have the full hostname, only the last

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-27 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
--- David McGlone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use vi, but I still get stuck in there sometimes because I forget the commands. - -- David M. Edification Web Solutions http://www.edificationweb.com Ahhh! A good man. Kudos to you for your preserverence...you will be greatly rewarded

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-27 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
--- Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whatever you're all learning now, be prepared to unlearn when 9.1 comes out because it's all different. I'm trying to figure it out in cooker but it's a bear. -- Greg Surely you are not saying that /etc/sysconfig/network has disappeared. I had

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-27 Thread Greg Meyer
On Thursday 27 February 2003 11:49 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: --- Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whatever you're all learning now, be prepared to unlearn when 9.1 comes out because it's all different. I'm trying to figure it out in cooker but it's a bear. -- Greg Surely you are not

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-27 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
--- Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 27 February 2003 11:49 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: --- Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whatever you're all learning now, be prepared to unlearn when 9.1 comes out because it's all different. I'm trying to figure it out in cooker but

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-27 Thread Greg Meyer
On Friday 28 February 2003 12:27 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: --- Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 27 February 2003 11:49 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: --- Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whatever you're all learning now, be prepared to unlearn when 9.1 comes out because it's

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-27 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
--- Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunately, inmy frustration I was using the term zeroconf to refer to all the changes in the networking setup. Between replacing dhcpd with dh-client, adding tmdns and zeroconf and rewriting drakconnect to account for the changes, I am quite

[expert] change hostname

2003-02-26 Thread David McGlone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 How do I change my hostname from localhost.localdomain to Buddy? I changed /etc/hosts, and hostmdkgiorig, and it was still localhost.localdomain Thanks - -- David M. Edification Web Solutions http://www.edificationweb.com -BEGIN PGP

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-26 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
--- David McGlone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I change my hostname from localhost.localdomain to Buddy? I changed /etc/hosts, and hostmdkgiorig, and it was still localhost.localdomain Thanks - -- David M. Do a vi on /etc/sysconfig/network. LX

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-26 Thread Michael Noble
run linuxconf Mike On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 20:42, David McGlone wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 How do I change my hostname from localhost.localdomain to Buddy? I changed /etc/hosts, and hostmdkgiorig, and it was still localhost.localdomain Thanks - -- David M.

Re: [expert] change hostname

2003-02-26 Thread J. Craig Woods
You might think you want to make this change but you really do not: localhost.localdomain is the name that your loop back device (127.0.0.1) needs in order to maintain stability within the OS. Without this name being in the hosts file, you will have some problems. You could consider naming the

Re: [expert] change hostname

2001-12-08 Thread Oscar
El sáb, 08-12-2001 a las 15:23, Randy escribió: How do you change your hostname using GUI? TIA, Randy Donohoe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com try with netconf Go to Host name and IP network devices Salu2 óscar -- .

[expert] change hostname

2001-12-08 Thread Randy
How do you change your hostname using GUI? TIA, Randy Donohoe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] change hostname

2001-12-08 Thread Randy
How do you change your hostname using GUI? TIA, Randy Donohoe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com