Re: Newbie Hostname Change
On 9/23/05, Bill Marcum <bmarcum@iglou.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 04:50:26PM +0100, Sean Whitton wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > My friend installed Debian on his computer and I'm supposed to be
> > admining it as a server. THings are going well (except I keep
> > mistyping shutdown and killing the server), but there is one problem:
> > the hostname.
> >
> > He typed Ask4 instead of ask4, which is a problem.
> >
> > I assume I can change this with the hostname command, but I want to be sure
> > there arn't any additional steps beyond this.
> >
> The hostname command will only change it temporarily. For a permanent
> change, edit /etc/hostname.
>
and /etc/hosts
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