hostname change

Sat Aug 3 05:55:35 CDT 2002

Use the command hostname <yourhostname>.  If you have a domain name, 
include that too:
hostname <yourhostname.yourdomain.com>

The hosts file is for local DNS mapping and not what you should modify 
(back out your changes).  If you don't understand DNS, I'd strongly 
recommend finding a good tutorial on the internet about it.  DNS is a 
fundamental technology for making the internet usable for the average 
Joe.  Basically, you can map a name like www.yahoo.com to an IP address 
like 123.45.67.89.

The site www.tldp.org (?) Linux doc project is a good place to start for 
the beginner.

mac ten wrote:

>Greetings,
>I just installed mandrake 8.2, I wanted to change the
>hostname that shows in control center.  I am unable to
>do it the way I did in RH7.1 because I cant find the
>program.  I changed the name in /etc/hosts but that
>did not change the name in control center.
>
>Could someone send me in the right direction please?
>
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