It was Oct 12, 2000, 12:12, when Jeff Malka keyboarded:
>This is a standalone PC. When I ask "uname -a" it tells me my hostname is
>"Linux localhost.localdomain".
>
>Now, it would make sense to change that to something else. However, I
>am concerned that if I did, it might mess up some apps (mail programs?)
>that might depend on it somehow. Is that concern realistic? Does the
>new name have to be something with 2 words separated by a dot or can it
>be just onw word?
Hi Jeff,
As root you can run linuxconf, and in the 'basic' configuration you can
change the name of your machine to anything you like.
A name can be just one word, so that would be fine. Perhaps even 1 letter
would do already, never tried that ;-)
Mail programs react differently to stuff, but when you are on
localhost.localdomain and your mailer sends from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
without assistance on your end, then a machine named "jeffsbox" or so
would not change that behaviour.
Paul
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