Ok, will try it when I get home tonight..Thanks!!
--- Harry Putnam <reader(a)newsguy.com> wrote:
Michael Seney <michael_seney(a)yahoo.com> writes:
> Anyone ever have a problem with setting your
hostname.
> Here is the deal, I dual boot w/ Windows XP which
is
> ofcourse the first partition NTFS. Then there is a
> Fat32 Middle Partition and then my ext3 / a swap
and
> /home which is ext3. For some reason it autonames
my
> hostname upon installation gecko? I think Windows
uses
> that? I wanted to make it something different and
edit
> the /etc/hosts and made the 127.0.0.1
newhostname
> localhost. Used #hostname newhostname. Restarted X
> server and it took until a reboot? Any ideas why
it
> wants to be gecko and doesn't like any other
hostnames
> I want to specify. * I just put FC3T2 on this
system
> and previously ran Debian Sarge with the hostname
I
> liked without a problem.
The command `hostname' is only temporary as you've
noticed.
Set it permanently here:
/etc/sysconfig/network
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