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Re: How do i change hostname?
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Arnav Kalra <[log in to unmask]>
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Arnav Kalra <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 2 May 2012 23:06:10 +0530
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Yahoo. It has changed. When i reboot will i get the hostname as lappy or
that dhcppc stuff?

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Arnav Kalra
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On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Tam Nguyen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> If you don't want to reboot your computer, then become root and type this:
> [arnav@dhcppc1 ~]$ hostname lappy
>
> then exit your terminal and open a new terminal.
>
> The actual file to change your hostname is:
> [arnav@dhcppc1 ~]$ vi /etc/sysconfig/network
>
> If you edited file /etc/sysconfig/network, then you need to reboot your
> computer.
>
>
>

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