On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:30:45 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > My older machines do not have this file. The new install does. > What's the right way to use this file. Is this supposed to contain
It replaces /etc/hostname, so should contain the same information. > HOSTNAME="dragonfly" > > or > > HOSTNAME="localhost" Whichever is right for your machine, which is probably the former. > I assume the former based on the comment in the file but etc-update is > asking to set it back to localhost so I'm not sure which is proper. This is one of those baselayout files that you shouldn't let etc-update or dispatch-conf touch once it is correctly set. -- Neil Bothwick My brain's in gear, neutral's a gear ain't it?
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