Thanks Patrick & Slug
The solution I've come up with is to change a line in my
/etc/sysconfig/network file
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=ashburner
&
added the line:
/bin/hostname 'ashburner'
just above these lines
HOSTNAME=`/bin/hostname`
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/network ]; then
. /etc/sysconfig/network
in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
then updated /etc/hosts so that it contains ashburner.
The connection & computer now seem to be called ashburner for the purposes of Gnome.
All good.
(unless someone spots a hideous error with all that making me as vulnerable as a
spider on the shower drain...)
Cheers all.
Hal
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