setting computer name

From: Javier Gonzalez (gonzo_at_linuxmail.org)
Date: 02/25/04

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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:23:23 +0800

    This is a bit trivial, but I figured somebody is bound to respond. I've been trying to set up a name for my laptop for the first time. So, I tried using hostname to change the name of my computer, and then I logged out to see if it would change the name in the graphical greeter. It actually did, but then it would tell me that it could not find the name I had given to my computer.
    I went ahead and check /etc/hosts, and it has the following in it:

    # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
    # that require network functionality will fail.
    127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

    So it really did not change the name. I also checked out /etc/host.conf and found the following:

    order hosts,bind

    however it did not have 'multi on', which I saw as being needed according to the Linux how-to help guides.

    The conflict that I see is that I am using DHCP, and I switch from servers in a daily basis. I checked /etc/resolv.conf and I had something like the following

    ; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script
    search your.isp.domain.name
    nameserver 10.25.0.1
    nameserver 10.25.1.2

    Is there anyway for me to name my computer without incurring in further problems.

    Regards,

    -G 

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