Hostname won't stick

[Michael Seney]

Ok, will try it when I get home tonight..Thanks!!

--- Harry Putnam <reader at newsguy.com> wrote:

> Michael Seney <michael_seney at yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> > Anyone ever have a problem with setting your
> hostname.
> > Here is the deal, I dual boot w/ Windows XP which
> is
> > ofcourse the first partition NTFS. Then there is a
> > Fat32 Middle Partition and then my ext3 / a swap
> and
> > /home which is ext3. For some reason it autonames
> my
> > hostname upon installation gecko? I think Windows
> uses
> > that? I wanted to make it something different and
> edit
> > the /etc/hosts and made the 127.0.0.1   
> newhostname 
> > localhost. Used #hostname newhostname. Restarted X
> > server and it took until a reboot? Any ideas why
> it
> > wants to be gecko and doesn't like any other
> hostnames
> > I want to specify. * I just put FC3T2 on this
> system
> > and previously ran Debian Sarge with the hostname
> I
> > liked without a problem.
> 
> The command `hostname' is only temporary as you've
> noticed.
> 
> Set it permanently here:
> 
> /etc/sysconfig/network
> 
> 
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