hostname prob

[T1TAN]

hi everyone,

 

i've tried setting the hostname of my pc (MDK9.2) to anything but localhost, but it always goes back to localhost as soon as i restart.. i'm a noob, so... :unsure:

[Guest Mandrake_Mouse]

What are you doing to change the hostname? If you're using the "hostname <newname>" command, this will only change the hostname temporarily. You need to edit the /etc/sysconfig/network file, put the new name in the "HOSTNAME" field, and reboot. This should make the change stick for you. Remember that lots of services and such in Linux use the hostname to resolve dependencies, so some apps (in my case Gnome apps) may take a while to start the first time you use them after changing the hostname.

[bvc]

http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=12950

 

after setting the hostname put it and the ip in /etc/hosts

[phunni]

There are (usually) two networks ip's on any machine - your main network one and 127.0.0.1 - which is usually mapped to localhost

 

So if I say:

 

ping localhost

or

 ping myHostname

 

The I am actually pinging the same machine - make sure that the hostname is not set, as it may be set to what you want and be localhost

[jeanackle]

The I am actually pinging the same machine - make sure that the hostname is not set, as it may be set to what you want and be localhost

I didn't understand that, phunni. Could u try and explain it for me?

 

Thanks

:)