Re: change hostname

From: Rich Fearn (rich.fearn_at_btopenworld.com)
Date: 10/25/03 

Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 14:16:19 +0100

> But a grep search of the "/etc" file tree pulls up a number of
> script files that are hard wired to find "localhost"
> Do these also need to be edited

Don't modify or remove the localhost entry as Linux depends on it. Notice
that your machine can't be accessed from another machine on your LAN as
"localhost" anyway, since "localhost" is supposed to refer to the "local
machine". Add another entry to /etc/hosts that specifies a name for your
machine, together with an address that other machines on your LAN can use to
communicate with it.

RF

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