Subject: Re: Host names for newbies
MacPiano@aol.com
Date: Tue Jan 18 2000 - 17:35:02 MST
In a message dated 1/18/00 7:03:19 PM, bdonley@seas.upenn.edu writes:
>I'm running the champion server 1.1 on a college campus with DHCP.
>
>I have a domain name of my own that points to my machine.
>
>When I log into my machine, or when I view it over Windows Networking,
>it
>refers to itself as "HIL-235-237", which is my DHCP assigned name.
>
>When I view my machine over AppleTalk, it refers to itself as
>"localhost.localdomain".
>
>If I use my commercial domain name from telnet or a browser, it works just
>fine.
>
>There seem to be several places (linuxconf, /etc/hosts) where I can set
>my
>hostname, but I've tried several to no avail. And I don't enjoy mucking
>around
>blindly with root text files.
>
>Any hints? How can I set my name without turning DHCP off? The only one
>that
>really bothers me is "localhost.localdomain", 'cause it's not exactly a
>great
>identifier on a network ;)
>
>Thanks,
> - Ben
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I set mine with netcfg using a terminal in x. It is in the first window. I
don't think it sets the rest of them right. but at least in the mac chooser I
get that name.
gary hostetler
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