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- Path: sparky!uunet!unislc!erc
- From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
- Subject: Re: HOSTNAME usage?
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- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.203613.27308@unislc.uucp>
- Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 20:36:13 GMT
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- Frank Pikelner (frank@cs.yorku.ca) wrote:
-
- : Hello,
- :
- : Since the installation of Linux I have decided to change the name of the machine
- : from the original. I have tried to use the HOSTNAME program but it only changes
- : the name temporarily until I reboot. Is there a way to make it permanent? It is
- : probably something simple that I've overlooked like a file or an option when
- : running the HOSTNAME program.
-
- The hostname is set in the /etc/rc file. "/bin/hostname Linux" or whatever.
- --
- Ed Carp, N7EKG erc@apple.com 801/538-0177
- "This is the final task I will ever give you, and it goes on forever. Act
- happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love,
- and do what you will." -- Dan Millman, "Way Of The Peaceful Warrior"
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