[wellylug] Change hostname

[Jonathan Harker]

On Saturday 22 Feb 2003 6:56 pm, Rose McGillicuddy wrote:
> Hi Lyndsay,
>
> Thanks for the info about the command line and using "apropos".  I used
> it to get information about my problem changing host name, unfortunately
> didn't know how to use the info I received.

To change your hostname, use the hostname command, eg.

hostname pippin

will change your computer's hostname to pippin

HTH

Techincal note: this will change your DNS name. for your Samba name (the name 
Windows machines will see it as), that's a different story, which requires 
you to edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf file, but for connecting to xtra, you 
don't need to worry about that just yet! Confused? :-)

-- 
Jonathan Harker
MUSAC
Massey University
http://www.massey.ac.nz/

It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
		-- Cervantes


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