On Sat, 05 Feb 2000, you wrote: > Hi Rebols (especially Holger), > > I am using Linux, and only dial-up network. When I am > online read dns:// always gets my local name/address, > not the one I get assigned by my ISP. "dns://" always returns the "host name" of your computer. Precisely where you define this varies with the Unix dialect you use. On my RedHat 4.x Linux box this is defined in "/etc/HOSTNAME". Whether and how you can redefine this value on-the-fly, without rebooting, probably also depends on your Unix dialect... -- Holger Kruse [EMAIL PROTECTED]
