Re: Hostname change

From: Neil Horman (nhorman_at_rNeOdShPaMt.com)
Date: 12/08/03

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    G2 wrote:
    > Hello,
    > I have been trying to change the hostname on my Red Hat 9 system.
    > I've read all the various suggestions (they don't all agree which
    > is confusing) and tried the suggestion that said start
    > redhat-config-network and click on the DNS tab and put the new hostmane
    > there. BTW I trying to use hostname peopled. I now get the following
    > message box when I log on to the system;
    >
    > "Could not look up internet address for peopled. This will prevent GNOME
    > from operating correctly. It may be possible to correct the problem by
    > adding peopled to the /etc/hosts." Then I can choose a buttom of either
    > "logon anyway" or "try later" (this wording may not be exact).
    >
    > I logon anyway and everything seems to work (well so far).
    > I know it sounds like the solution was already given to me but I'm using
    > DHCP to connect to my router so I have no idea what I'd put in the host
    > file to satisfy the message. Someone out there must have solved this
    > problem. But though I've looked I can't seem to find the answer anywhere.
    > So please help this newbee. Thanks in advance.
    > Regards,
    > Gtoo
    >

    In /etc/hosts:
    127.0.0.1 peopled

    This will remove the gnome error on boot up (and probably improve system
      performace while in X). 

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