Change Host Name?

Hi Folks,

How do you change the host name i.e. the Linux computer name and make it
permanent. I am using Mandrake version 10.1?

I tried using namehost command but it changed the computers name back to
localhost on boot up :-(.

Thanks,

Martin

On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 20:51:19 GMT, M wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> How do you change the host name i.e. the Linux computer name and make it
> permanent. I am using Mandrake version 10.1?


net etiquette/Newsgroup tip:

Multi-posting is considered antisocial on Usenet.

If you want to send the same message to more than one newsgroup, CROSSPOST!
And if you crosspost, provide a Followup newsgroup.

Some will argue that you not even crosspost because of the amount/type
of newsgroups that we have today.

As an example to post to "comp.os.linux.security", and
"alt.security", use the following Newsgroups line:
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.security,alt.security
Followup-To: comp.os.linux.security

See http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html

See config files to modify given in the other newsgroup you posted to.

On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 20:51:19 +0000, M wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> How do you change the host name i.e. the Linux computer name and make it
> permanent. I am using Mandrake version 10.1?

Easy. Edit /etc/hostname with your favourite text editor.

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Hi jafar,

I used the MCC (Mandrake Control Centre) and Internet Settings, which
allows me to change the Host Name from KDE GUI front end.

Thanks anyway :-).

Is there a good place to hunt down answers to questions like this?
Googling doesn't always to get me to where I want to be. This question has
just got to be on a FAQ somewhere hasn't it?

Martin

To Bit Twister:
Thanks for the net etiquette ballocking pitty you had nothing to contribute
to question being asked!



"jafar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 20:51:19 +0000, M wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> How do you change the host name i.e. the Linux computer name and make
>> it
>> permanent. I am using Mandrake version 10.1?
>
> Easy. Edit /etc/hostname with your favourite text editor.
>
> --
> Jafar Calley
> Producer - http://moonlife-records.com
> --------------------------------------
> See the latest Mars and Saturn images
> http://fatcat.homelinux.org
>

On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 16:40:15 GMT, M wrote:
> Is there a good place to hunt down answers to questions like this?
> Googling doesn't always to get me to where I want to be. This question has
> just got to be on a FAQ somewhere hasn't it?

Hmmm, can not be that hard.
Results 1 - 10 of 952 for set hostname group:*mandrake*. (0.17 seconds)

http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search
set hostname in the first box
*mandrake* in Newsgroup box. You need to use the two
asterisks around mandrake

If you want/need more control over the first box search,
http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html

> To Bit Twister:
> Thanks for the net etiquette ballocking

You are welcome. Alwasy glad to see someone who wants to learn.

> pitty you had nothing to contribute to question being asked!

Too bad you failed to read the last line. I posted where the hostname is
stored in config files used during boot on Mandrake in the other news
group where you posted the question.

In comp.os.linux.networking Bit Twister <(E-Mail Removed)>:
> On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 16:40:15 GMT, M wrote:
[..]

>> pitty you had nothing to contribute to question being asked!

> Too bad you failed to read the last line. I posted where the hostname is
> stored in config files used during boot on Mandrake in the other news
> group where you posted the question.

Seems the OP lost the overview, probably due to sad
multi-posting. ;( But then what would you expect from just
another Outcrap user.

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jafar wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 20:51:19 +0000, M wrote:
>
>
>>Hi Folks,
>>
>> How do you change the host name i.e. the Linux computer name and make it
>>permanent. I am using Mandrake version 10.1?
>
>
> Easy. Edit /etc/hostname with your favourite text editor.
>

Umm - better see "man hostname, info hostname and hostname --help".
/bin/hostname is an elf binary.

Michael

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On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 02:44:24 GMT, Michael Hearne wrote:
> jafar wrote:
>> On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 20:51:19 +0000, M wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> How do you change the host name i.e. the Linux computer name and make it
>>>permanent. I am using Mandrake version 10.1?
>>
>>
>> Easy. Edit /etc/hostname with your favourite text editor.
>>
>
> Umm - better see "man hostname, info hostname and hostname --help".

Even better, Mandrake sets the host.domain name from the config file
which you have access to from the gui interface called Mandrake Control Center


cat /etc/sysconfig/network
HOSTNAME=wb.home.invalid <==========
NETWORKING=yes
GATEWAY=192.168.2.1
NETWORKING_IPV6=no
GATEWAYDEV=eth0