New to linux and confused about changing the hostname

From: Patrick Shroads (patrickshroads_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/16/04 

Date: 15 Feb 2004 21:07:07 -0800

I'm a begginer so bear with me:

I've just built my first Linux box (Mandrake 9.2) and I want to use it
as a file/print/web/database server for my Mac and Windows machines on
my home network. I am trying to figure out how to change my machine's
name because I use DHCP and so want to access the machine by name
rather than IP address. It's currently called 'localhost' which I
guess is the default. If I change it using the uname or hostname
commands it reverts back to 'localhost' after a reboot. Someone
suggested altering the /etc/hosts file but if I use DHCP so how would
I do that since the IP address could change with a reboot?

Thanks!

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