Re: Changing hostname

From: Steven Satelle (ssatelle_at_hotpop.com)
Date: 07/13/04

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    To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 01:25:28 +0100

    On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:57:16 -0400, * Tong* wrote:

    > Hi,
    >
    > Quick question how to change hostname under debian?
    >
    > I changed my /etc/hosts
    > from
    > 127.0.0.1 cxmr localhost to
    > 127.0.0.1 cxmr.dyndns.org localhost
    >
    > but why my hostname is still reporting merely 'cxmr'? How to fix it?
    > (Surely I've rebooted).
    >
    > Thanks
    >
    > PS. is it the reason that I can't start squid?:
    >
    > # /etc/init.d/squid start
    > Starting proxy server: FATAL: Could not determine fully qualified
    > hostname. Please set 'visible_hostname'

    man hostname
    I think thats what u need :-) 

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