Host name?Forum: Networking Topic: Host name? started by: C0LDI30oT Posted by C0LDI30oT on Jan. 26 2006,03:53
How does one change the host name. I guess the default is 'box'?
Posted by Grim on Jan. 26 2006,08:02
sudo echo "NewHostName" > /etc/hostname
Posted by newOldUser on Jan. 26 2006,12:15
I think there's a boot code 'host='So when you start DSL you would type (or have grub or lilo enter) DSL host=myHostname The < Wiki Page > has a nice writeup under DSL Booting.....Cheat Codes Posted by jbreher on Feb. 01 2006,21:23
Neither method seems to work for a Hard Drive install. In my situation, I booted the CD with dsl dma host=MyHostName noscsi nopcmcia nousb noagp noapm nomce noddc nofirewire nfs toram vga=normal At this point, the machine identified itself as MyHostName, as I would hope. [1] I then immediately did a: rt-clk>Apps>Tools>Install to Hard Drive upon reboot, it had forgotten all my boot options, so it was back to being box. vi /boot/grub/menu.lst to add host=MyHostName (as well as the other options) reboot with new boot line - hostname is still box (though it seems that it caught the other boot options - dma, nousb, etc) rm -f /etc/hostname echo "MyHostName" > /etc/hostname reboot machine still identifies itself as box [2] [1] interestingly, nfs does not seem to be started by this - ps aux shows none of the required daemons (e.g. portmap) to be running. [2] also tried echo MyHostName > /etc/hostname (no quotes) - didn't make any difference also modified /etc/hosts, replacing box with MyHostName - didn't help [**] what is mce? what is ddc? Posted by roberts on Feb. 01 2006,22:46
Try editing /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig the line hostname=box Posted by Joe Breher on Feb. 03 2006,20:40
I'll try that. Perhaps not hard code it, but read it from the /etc/hostname file. Funny it doesn't do that already.One other thing I'll try - in a debian netinstall, I tried to enter a hostname at the appropriate point in the install process. It puked on that name, telling me that only lower case alpha, numeric, and '-' characters are legal in a hostname. I hadn't heard this before. The name I had been trying to use contained upper case, and the '_' character. I haven't read the RFCs to see what is truly legal, but it's worth a shot.... Joe Posted by Your Fuzzy God on Feb. 03 2006,21:49
WHOOPS WHOOPS! DOUBLE DOUBLE POST POST!!| V Posted by Your Fuzzy God on Feb. 03 2006,21:52
1. Open /opt/bootlocal.sh and add "hostname COMPUTERNAME" to the end of the file2. Open /etc/hostname and change "box" to "COMPUTERNAME" 3. Open /etc/hosts and change "box" to "COMPUTER NAME" For more info try < here >. Posted by starcannon on Feb. 23 2006,21:29
/etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig /etc/hostname /etc/hosts are Read Only files on my Frugal install of DSL 2.2 I'd really like to be able to give all 3 of my dsl laptops unique identities on the network. Changing the Host name seems the best way. What is required to do this on a frugal install? Thanks, Rob Posted by doobit on Feb. 23 2006,21:43
With Frugal you can put the cheat code host=whatever somewhere after frugal or toram in the grub menu.lst
Posted by starcannon on Feb. 23 2006,21:46
Yeah I usle LiLo and was just trying to get away with not having to reinstall my image (call me lazy lol) seemed easier if i could just mod a few text files and be done, but I'll use the
Thanks, Rob Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 23 2006,23:57
Read-only files in /etc are probably symlinks back to the compressed livecd image at /KNOPPIX. This image is read-only, so all files inside it are also read-only.Here is a way to be able to edit one. For example: sudo su rm /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig cp /KNOPPIX/etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig beaver /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig |