ok. i will edit the file now.

Regards,
Arnav Kalra
104, Sector 14
Karnal - 132001
Mobile - +91 9896961018
Home - +91 184 4030104



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

> Which instruction did you follow?
> To permanently change your hostname that will survive the reboot, you will
> have to edit the file /etc/sysconfig/network.
>
> the command:
> $ hostname lappy
> is just a temporary change.
>
> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Arnav Kalra <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> Yahoo. It has changed. When i reboot will i get the hostname as lappy or
>> that dhcppc stuff?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Arnav Kalra
>> 104, Sector 14
>> Karnal - 132001
>> Mobile - +91 9896961018
>> Home - +91 184 4030104
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>