Re: Changing hostname

[Steven Satelle <ssatelle@hotpop.com>]

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:57:16 -0400, * Tong* wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Quick question how to change hostname under debian?
> 
> I changed my /etc/hosts
> from
> 127.0.0.1       cxmr		                localhost to
> 127.0.0.1       cxmr.dyndns.org                 localhost
> 
> but why my hostname is still reporting merely 'cxmr'? How to fix it?
> (Surely I've rebooted).
> 
> Thanks
> 
> PS. is it the reason that I can't start squid?:
> 
> # /etc/init.d/squid start
> Starting proxy server: FATAL: Could not determine fully qualified
> hostname.  Please set 'visible_hostname'

man hostname
I think thats what u need :-)