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Re: hostname problem



On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, E Papantoniou wrote:

> when I login as a normal user I get the message: 
> 
> hostname: you must be root to change the host name 
> 
> I suspect that I might have messed up with files or permissions without realising it, but I don't know 
> where to start looking...any ideas? 

Check bash_profile for references to "hostname".
                     					Will


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