Re: cable modem: does my hostname matter?
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 09:59:18AM -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote:
> My cable provider tells me my hostname is cr275960-a. So I've put
> cr275960-a in /etc/hostname and everything works. My /etc/hosts looks
> like this:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 24.115.135.172 cr275960-a cr275960-a.crdva1.bc.wave.home.com
>
> Anyway, cr275960-a is a pretty ugly name for my machine, don't you
> think? Can I change it? -chris
I think you can do it, but instead, you can specify all the names you
want to one computer. Just add it after (or before) the name
your provider gave up and should be ok. So, it will be like this:
24.115.135.172 put-your-new-name-here cr275960-a cr275960-a.crdva1.bc.wave.home.com
Bye!
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