On Mar 2, 10:42 am, Christopher Stamper <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Adam Beneschan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi, everyone,
>
> > I'm new to Ubuntu, so my apologies if this is an idiot question.
>
> > I'm trying to configure Ubuntu on a new machine (purchased with
> > Windows Vista and used Wubi to install Ubuntu). I will also need to
> > set up some other Linux machines to talk to it.
>
> > (1) In the Ubuntu help, I found "Change the name of your computer".
> > The instructions say to go to System -> Administrator -> Network and
> > press the Unlock button. But under System -> Administrator, I see
> > "Network Tools", not simply "Network"; and there's no Unlock button on
> > the "Network Tools" display. Am I missing something, do I need to
> > install something else, or ???
>
> I think it's under 'preferences' rather than 'administration' in 8.10. Just
> look around; you could also use the notification icon I think (top right).
>
> FWIW, changing the computer name prob won't do what you are expecting.
> AFAIK, its the IP hostname, rather than the SMB (windows networking) name
> that you'll be changing...
>
> > (2) The system is connected to the network via a wired Ethernet
> > connection. Ubuntu automatically configured this connection and
> > assigned an IP address to it. Suppose that I have a reason to assign
> > a different specific IP address (i.e. to the IP address that was
> > assigned to a system we no longer have, in order to reduce the amount
> > of configuration work I need to do on other systems). Is there a way
> > to do this, either via some application, or via running ifconfig
> > manually?
>
> You can do that easily from within the network preferences application.
Thanks for your help; unfortunately, I still can't get the IP address
changed. I found Preferences -> Network Configuration, and in IPv4
Addresses, changed "Method" from Automatic to Manual, then entered the
IP address, subnet mask, and gateway addresses, plus a couple pieces
of information in the DNS fields. Then OK, Close, and reboot. It
didn't seem to have any effect, and when I went back to Network
Configuration, the information I entered wasn't there. I didn't see
any Unlock button, either...
Regarding the hostname: I think it *is* the IP hostname I want to
change, but I didn't see a place to do that. (I may be concerned
about SMB later, but not right this moment...) I'm not sure how
important it is, since other hosts will probably get the hostname
from /etc/hosts or NIS. But the other Linux systems we have do seem
to know their own names, so it seems like there should be a way to
configure this on Ubuntu also.
-- thanks, Adam
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