Aside from all the friendly meetings, it still depends on the distribution, and in some cases, the release number of a distribution. It should, by standard, be in /etc, but that is only one vain hope among many....
Doug --- Byron Como <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hostname goes in /etc/sysconfig/network > > HOSTNAME=<your name here> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Stockdale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 6:44 PM > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] RedHat Hostnames and DHCP > > > > Alex, you can handle the script in rc.local: > > 1) put your hostname in /etc/HOSTNAME > > 2) in /etc/rc.d/rc.local, add the command: hostname -F > /etc/HOSTNAME > > > > At 02:51 PM 8/2/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > >I just installed RedHat 7.3. Its been a while since I used > linux. I > > >messed around with it a few years ago but it didn't support my > hardware > > >too well so I gave up. > > > > > >I'm on a cable modem and I have a dynamic IP address. I'm also > set up on > > >dyndns.org and have a domain name . > > > > > >The problem is that when the dhcp client runs, it seems to set > my > hostname > > >to whatever corresponds to my current ip address. > > > > > >This is causing problems because things like "tripwire" stores > its keys > > >based on the hostname. > > > > > >How do I permanently fix my hostname? I was thinking in one of > the > startup > > >scripts, I should put something like "hostname xxx", but I'm not > sure > > >which one. > > > > > > > > >Also, I have heard about a web based remote administration > utility for > > >linux. It could manage services, configure apache and samba, > and do a > few > > >other things. I forgot its name. Has anyone here heard of > anything like > > >that? > > > > > > > > >Thank You all, > > > > > >-Alex > > > > -- > > Terry Stockdale -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Baton Rouge, LA > > website: http://www.dadstoy.net > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com
