daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > > Mike, > > apart from sheery confusion your point in that post was...what? > > -- > On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Mike Rambo wrote: > > > Praedor Tempus wrote: > > > > > > I am also a little leery of using linuxconf for this. It (linuxconf) appeared > > > to bork my attempts at wlan ad-hoc networking and I was told not to use it in > > > a wlan mailing list. In the past I have tried changing the hostname via > > > linuxconf with mucked up results. I will give it a shot again but still, > > > what file/system config contains THE hostname information utilized by > > > "hostname"? If is isn't /etc/hostname, /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1, or > > > /etc/init.d/boot as mentioned in the hostname manpage, then what is it?
Unless I missed the point, Praedor asked this question "If it isn't /etc/hostname, /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 or /etc/init.d/boot as mentioned in the hostname manpage, then what is it?" regarding what file to edit to change THE hostname of his box. My answer included the following which was itself part of an earlier question Praedor asked. DrJung (I think - I've already deleted the mail so I can't be sure) expressed the idea that questions were being answered by folks on the list but that Praedor might be missing some of the steps along the way in trying to implement the solution. I was trying to emphasize the answer to the question that was asked. Apparently I didn't do too well... > > *****The answer to your question is below***** > > > > >Where are you changing the hostname (what file)? The > > >hostname is set in /etc/sysconfig/network. /etc/hosts To clarify, if one wants to edit a file to change the hostname, /etc/sysconfig/network is the file to edit. > > >relates hostnames to IP addresses but doesn't really set > > >anything. > > > > *****The answer to your question is above***** > > Hoping to have done better this time ... ;-) -- Mike > > > > > > > <Start quote of previous message on this topic> > > > > >> > > >> Praedor Tempus wrote: > > >> > > > >> > On Wednesday 19 June 2002 12:03 pm, daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > >> > > Praedor Tempus wrote: > > >> > > > I am hesitant to try this again...I run postfix on my system as my mta. > > >> > > > I own the ravenhome.net domain. I want my postfix to identify outgoing > > > > > ><snip> > > > > > >> > I do own ravenhome.net and have an account with dydns. Works well. What > > >> > concerns me is naming my system ravenhome.net and having no problems when I > > >> > am not connected. In the past, I have edited my hosts file to change > > >> > localhost entries to ravenhome entries and it borked my system. It has been > > >> > > >> Did you really _change_ the localhost entries? If so, that > > >> is a no-no. You _must_ have the localhost entries intact. > > >> You just _add_ entries for the additional IP/name > > >> combinations you need. > > >> > > >> [mrambo@mrambo mrambo]$ more /etc/hosts > > >> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > >> 192.168.1.12 mrambo.imcdom.local mrambo > > >> [mrambo@mrambo mrambo]$ > > >> > > >> > a while so I don't recall the details but is this not really all I should > > >> > HAVE to do to change my hostname? Simply replace the localhost.localdomain > > >> > entry with ravenhome.net? > > > > > >This occured to me after I sent the previous mail > > >unfortunately... > > > > > > > > > > *****The answer to your question is below***** > > > > >Where are you changing the hostname (what file)? The > > >hostname is set in /etc/sysconfig/network. /etc/hosts > > >relates hostnames to IP addresses but doesn't really set > > >anything. > > > > *****The answer to your question is above***** > > > > > > > >Sorry if I've misunderstood or just stated the obvious but > > >if you get some of this wrong it really will mess things up. > > >In particular, localhost is required for many system > > >processes. Without that /etc/hosts entry things will > > >definitely go wrong... > > > > > ><more snippage> > > > > > > > <End quote> > >
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