But..your DHCP may REQUIRE a certain hostname for you to get an IP address, I think you should be able to alias it though, you can edit the files mentioned below or you could try 'netconf'
-Brad
> -----Original Message-----
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> Try,
>
> /etc/hosts
> /etc/sysconfig/network
>
> Bob
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> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 11:54 AM
> Subject: hostname
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> > How do I change the hostname of my computer?
> > uname -a tells me that my hostname is: dhcp-32-11
> > and at the shell prompt is says : [root@dhcp-32-11 root]#
> >
> > If I do a hostname command I can change the name but
> > when I reboot its right back to dhcp-32-11
> >
> > I am connected to a cable modem via DHCP.....is that
> > making my computer name dhcp-32-11 ?
> > How do I take control?
> >
> >
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