gregh

this one is driving me potty! I can do hostname fred from a command line as root, but it's not kept during a reboot. so I created /etc/hostname and put fred in there, but if I do hostname I get an answer back of .

cheers,

greg

marcmann

If Mandrake is similar to Redhat (and I'm not sure if it is) then type hostname fred - this will change your hostname to fred. If you then type hostname again it should say fred.

Then edit /etc/hosts file and enter:

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx fred


The x's are the IP address of fred.


Reboot the machine and voila!


Marc

gregh

Hi Marc,

hostname does what you say, but it doesn't last after a reboot.

Also my IP address is selected via DHCP so I can't put a fixed IP address into host



greg

marcmann

Not sure then mate. Found this on a site though:

".....You need to change your hostname, and that's
all. You can do that with MandrakeControlCenter or linuxconf, just
remember to restart desktops or there will be problems...."

Sorry don't know anything about mandrake. I guess the linuxconf file should be in the /etc/folder?


Marc

michael_clarkson

Greg,

Edit /etc/sysconfig/network file and add this.
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=replace.with.your.hostname

gregh

I've tried that Michael, and also set dhcp_hostname and hostname still comes back with . when I reboot

greg

gregh

well there's a thing, one firmware upgrade later on my router, and all is well

regards,

greg

michael_clarkson

Greg,

No idea if you've edited: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0: and modified DHCP_HOSTNAME line aswell as /etc/sysconfig/network and set the HOSTNAME

The only other thing to try is check your /etc/HOSTNAME file, create it if you don't find it, it simply containd your hostname.

You could also check /etc/hosts to check you actually specify your hostname i.e

127.0.0.1 hostname.domain localhost localhost.domain hostname

[Edited by michael_clarkson - 3/24/2003 4:46:26 PM]