--- On Mon, 9/29/08, Beartooth <Beartooth@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Beartooth <Beartooth@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: VDQ : machine names?? > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Monday, September 29, 2008, 9:21 PM > On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:19:54 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote: > > > I Beartooth wrote: > >> I know it's a Very Dumb Question; I just > can't find a general > >> answer that works. > [....] > >> Clue, please? Pretty please? > >> > >> > > Three files can affect the system name. > > > > The name seen in the prompt is from the hostname > command, which gets set > > from: > > /etc/sysconfig/network > > HOSTNAME= > > OK, I changed that one on this machine. > > > When your system connects to the network, it can tell > the network which > > name it wants to be known as. This name, which > dynamic DNS servers can > > receive from the DHCP service, are configured in the > network > > configuration script, such as: > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > DHCP_HOSTNAME= > > That one already had the name I wanted. > > > Programs on your local system use a consistent method > to look up IP > > addresses and associated host names. In most cases, > the local > > /etc/hosts file is consulted first, and then DNS or > other services. > > Therefore, some applications on your system, like > sendmail, can get > > hostname from: > > /etc/hosts > > Two very odd things. First nano -w doesn't make it > obvious to me > (though perhaps it should) how much is one line, how much > another : > > GNU nano 2.0.6 File: /etc/ > hosts > > # Do not remove the following line, or various programs > # that require network functionality will fail. > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > localhost > ::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6 > > I have no idea where that 6 comes from, nor what it's > doing there. > > Second, if I open Computer > Filesystem > /etc with > nautilus, I > don't see hosts at all! The search button or search > tool on my panel > finds 81 files whose name contains "hosts", one > of which is indeed /etc/ > hosts; but clicking on that does get it in gedit, which > looks much the > same : > > # Do not remove the following line, or various programs > # that require network functionality will fail. > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost localhost > ::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6 > > Is what begins with "::1" really a different > line, then, than the > 127.0.0.1 line? > > Also, it doesn't say not to edit that line, just not > to delete > it. Do I want to change "localhost" (without the > 6) there?? > > > These three files/methods cover %99 of user systems, > and are very likely > > all you would need to look at. > > > > Good Luck! > > Thanks! I've got a feelin' I'm gonna need it > ... > > -- > 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. > > -- as I remember, MySQL had a mind of its own and remembered localhost.localdomain There is a place in network configuration to change the machine name. I'll follow your posts and learn! > 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
