newbie PS1 config question

[Scott Burns]

Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha wrote:

>On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 03:35:58PM -0800, Ko Pu wrote:
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>>Thanks to all, I got it working, I didn't know that you could use ${PWD}, 
>>the doc only mentioned \w or \W. But I still couldn't get rid of the ip 
>>address, I would like to replace it with the server name and I replace it 
>>in my /etc/sysconfig/network/HOSTNAME, but it still shows, any ideas?
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>Wrong place.
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>Add a line to the file /etc/sysconfig/network of the following type:
>HOSTNAME=myserver.mydomain.net
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>The change will take place on reboot, but you can apply it manually with
># hostname myserver.mydomain.net
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>Regards,
>Luciano Rocha
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In my experience, changing the hostname while X is running is a Very Bad 
Thing.  X authorisations are based on hostname so you will probably not 
be able to open any new windows after the change.  I've had mixed 
results with restarting X and found a reboot the best option.

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