Try the file /etc/sysconfig/network
Also, Most of the network related files in /etc/sysconfig/ can help you understand things a little better.
--Sandeep
Praedor Tempus wrote:
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OK, this question pops up periodically and I have asked it myself. How does one assign a hostname to their system without breaking it and so that it comes up every time one boots? I managed to get my laptop to be called lapdog.ravenhome.net but cannot recall how. My hosts file contains both 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain
10.0.0.1 lapdog.ravenhome.net
This isn't enough, however. I somehow managed to get my xterm prompt to display the lapdog.ravenhome.net name as well but cannot recall how.
Simply setting "hostname <desired hostname>" will break the current session and require a logout/login to get past it. It will also only last as long as the current session. If I reboot it will be back to localhost.localdomain.
I want my desktop system to identify itself as something other than localhost.localdomain and I want it to do it with every bootup, login, etc.
How do I do this? Ultimately, I will be setting up (hopefully) a local home network and I will require the desktop to be a particular name for this to work.
praedor
- -- Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars.
- - Friedrich Nietzsche.
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