Re: VDQ : machine names??



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?

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