Where does F8 gets the hostname from?
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Sat Nov 17 18:25:17 UTC 2007
Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
> Em Sáb 17 Nov 2007, Karl Larsen escreveu:
>
>> Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> In /etc/sysconfig/network, I have set up the name I want for the
>>> host (that was all I had to do in F7). In system-config-network, at
>>> the DNS tab, the same name is shown. However, when I execute the
>>> hostname command, I get:
>>> localhost.localdomain
>>> Also, my bash prompt shows "[marcelo at localhost ~]"
>>> Where does this information come from?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Marcelo
>>>
>> In a root Terminal window type hostname and it will write out
>> what it is. To change the name use hostname newname and it will be
>> changed.
>>
>
> this does not change the host name permanently. After a reboot, it turns
> back to localhost.localdomain.
>
> []'s
> Marcelo
>
>
Yes I recall now. I wonder why it is temporary?
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Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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