Why give it a domain name at all? Unless you have a FQDN and IP assigned to that PC, it's probably not gonna like the domain ending. But, some hostname like 'mylaptop' will work just fine, I do it on mine. The other thing you can do is go into linuxconf and uncheck the box that says "requires DNS for operation", unless you're on a constant connection that can cause problems.
OOC, what sort of issues are you having related to your hostname, anyway? - Ralph Forsythe [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 11:22 PM 10/18/2001 -0600, you wrote: >OK, I have been wondering about this for a while and finally seek an answer. >My laptop, as is proper, gets moved around a lot and connects to various >networks. I have left the hostname on it as localhost.localdomain because >this, so far, is the only name that hasn't caused problems of some sort or >other. > >I would like to give my laptop a better, more distinctive name than localhost >but it must be a name that will actually work, regardless of the network I >connect to (my university, military network, home). All networks I tie into >use dhcp. > >Can someone please explain to me how to give my system a name that will stick >and not cause problems for the various networks I might connect to? > >I have tried various hostnames and they either produce "invalid name" errors >of some sort or they dick up my ability to connect to a given network. I >need to know how to give my laptop a universal hostname that will follow it >wherever I take it and regardless of the dhcp network I connect to. > >Doable? Or am I doomed to always be localhost.localdomain? > >praedor > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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