On Sunday 02 October 2016 02:06:44 Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙) wrote:
> Hello, Debian people! > > I love my Chromebook. Via Crouton, i did install Ubuntu ( the internal > is Debian Wheezy, i guess). > > (precise)soyeomul@localhost:/etc$ cat os-release > NAME="Ubuntu" > VERSION="12.04.5 LTS, Precise Pangolin" > ID=ubuntu > ID_LIKE=debian > PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu precise (12.04.5 LTS)" > VERSION_ID="12.04" > > (precise)soyeomul@localhost:/etc$ cat debian_version > wheezy/sid > (precise)soyeomul@localhost:/etc$ > > By the way i cannot change hostname, i tried with followed link > [http://askubuntu.com/questions/9540/how-do-i-change-the-computer-name >]. > > By sudo command, i edited /etc/hostname to "alex.chromebook". And i > did reboot[`/sbin/reboot']. But there is no change. Always the > hostname is "localhost". > > Any comments Welcome!!! because i am going to be crazy T.T > > I Want To "alex.chromebook" as hostname. The hostname command is both a query tool, and a name setter. "man hostname" is your friend. You'll probably be asked for your passwd, or need to become root somehow. On the *buntu's try sudo hostname. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>