Any recommendations? Regards, Arnav Kalra 104, Sector 14 Karnal - 132001 Mobile - +91 9896961018 Home - +91 184 4030104 On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:13 PM, Luke Teyssier <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Dear Arnav,**** > > ** ** > > Please consider investing in a good Linux System administration book.**** > > ** ** > > Regards**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [log in to unmask] [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Arnav Kalra > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 02, 2012 10:42 AM > *To:* Tam Nguyen > *Cc:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: How do i change hostname?**** > > ** ** > > 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.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** >