Difference between revisions of "How do I change the default system hostname"

Latest revision as of 10:54, 3 May 2011

If you completed a FULL mode Salix installation, the default hostname is set to darkstar.example.net (inherited from Slackware). If you need to change the hostname you can edit the /etc/hosts and /etc/HOSTNAME files accordingly. For example:

/etc/hosts:

#
# hosts		This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
#		mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem.  It is mostly
#		used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
#		On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
#		"named" name server.  Just add the names, addresses
#		and any aliases to this file...
#
# By the way, Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@nvg.unit.no> says that 127.0.0.1
# should NEVER be named with the name of the machine.  It causes problems
# for some (stupid) programs, irc and reputedly talk. :^)
#
 
# For loopbacking.
127.0.0.1		localhost
127.0.0.1		mypc.salixos.org mypc

# End of hosts

/etc/HOSTNAME:

mypc.salixos.org

Or, easier, you can use the Salix system tool gtkhostsetup