Changing name of the computer:

[shebang]

Right now, my computer's name is localhost and i want to change it to something better. How do I do that?

[countach44]

/etc/HOSTNAME
Change it to
computer_name.domainname.whatever
and then in /etc/hosts (add this or replace a similar line)
127.0.0.1 domainname.whatever computer_name

[shebang]

I don't have a etc/hostname but i do have a etc/host etc/host.conf
etc/allowedhosts etc/blockedhosts thingy....

[countach44]

there's a big difference between HOSTNAME and hostname, look for HOSTNAME

[shebang]

[quote author=countach44 link=board=12;threadid=8701;start=0#msg78638 date=1076964259]
there's a big difference between HOSTNAME and hostname, look for HOSTNAME
[/quote]

I don't have a HOSTNAME or a hostname.

[chessforce]

What distro are you using?

[shebang]

[quote author=chessforce link=board=12;threadid=8701;start=0#msg78646 date=1076979566]
What distro are you using?
[/quote]

Mandrake v.9.2

[countach44]

did you change it in /etc/hosts

[chessforce]

I found this at another forum: You can try adding the line hostname [NAME] to your rc.local file (which is usually in /etc/rc.d/).

[shebang]

Thanks! I will try today!