Hi, On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Beartooth <Beartooth@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I know it's a Very Dumb Question; I just can't find a general > answer that works. > > I want to stop calling all the machines on my LAN > localhost.localdomain, and give them distinctive names. I have found two > or three ways of doing so; but they don't stick. > > The only way that really works, for me at least, is to think of > it (and be ready) while doing a fresh install. When anaconda asks me > whether to use dhcp, I can click on manual, type in a name, click back to > using dhcp, and that name lasts. > > I'm not even sure now whether it's mere logging out and back in, > or just actual reboots that do it, but in a location subject to longer > power failures than the UPSs I can afford will ride out, I get enough > reboots, too (alas!). > > One other way that I've tried is to use system-config-network, > and edit the configuration of eth0; but that seems to be little more than > a pacifier. I want something that shows up in the prompts, and that I can > use in ssh and scp, without having to look up IP numbers on the router > all the time -- especially since not all LAN machines are on one floor. >From above description, I guess you want a hostname resolution to IP address. That you can do by editing '/etc/hosts'. After adding hotname/IP pair you can use host names. Not sure you want something else. Thanks, Anoop > > Clue, please? Pretty please? > > -- > Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert > Fedora 8 & 9; Alpine 1.10, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6; > Dillo 0.8.6, Galeon 2, Epiphany 2, Opera 9, Firefox 2 & 3 > Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
