Hostname of machine

**Kaiser_Sose** · 01-25-2002, 12:25 PM

Currently I guess my Host name is just localhosr@localdomain. It serves its purpose as I can access it from across the lan but is it recommended to change this to something else.

The reason I am asking is because I am going to instal wbmin RPM and I want every thing setup corrects before I install it.

Please tell me if I should change this, if so how

I am still doing everything as root. I know its not proper so tell me how to change this

Regarding webmin, what should I change before I install it

**Kaiser_Sose** · 01-25-2002, 12:44 PM

I forgot to say that I still have not configured samba completly yet

http://www.linuxjunior.org/cgi-bin/Y...num=1011720966

**pbharris** · 01-25-2002, 02:05 PM

use netcnfg to ste you host name - it should be one of the first options.

**Killer_Penguin** · 01-25-2002, 04:32 PM

edit your /etc/sysconfig/network file and replace the localhost.localdomain with what you want.

Then edit /etc/hosts (LEAVE THE LOCALHOST ENTRY!!!)

than above the localhost entry, add an entry for your new hostname.

**Kaiser_Sose** · 01-30-2002, 07:57 PM

Is it ok to leave it be or is it recommended to change it

**Compunuts** · 02-01-2002, 08:16 AM

Doesn't matter if it's only a single system. If it's networked with other machines and you wanted it to have identified as unique name and share resources, then you need to rename it.