Re: trying to change "localhost" to ???

[Mark Drummond]

snowgrrl wrote:
> 
> OK, this is most likely a very simple question, but here goes..
> 
> I installed linux about a month ago and my prompt shows
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> 
> Is there any way to change that localhost to something else?

# hostname <newname>

Then, for posterity,

# echo <newname> > /etc/HOSTNAME

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