Johnny Fulcrum wrote: [snip] > /etc/network/ > > /etc/sysconfig/network has teh proper HOSTNAME and NETWORKING=yes > (that's all this file contains. This is normal. This is also where your hostname is set, as you saw. > so I started going though some files and I see this: > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0: > > DEVICE=eth0 > > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > > ONBOOT=yes > > NEEDHOSTNAME=yes > > The NEEDHOSTNAME seems fishy to me... > > can I comment out that line and restart netork? Just change the yes to a no. You can also set a different hostname here if you want (some people use a different hostname for each NIC, or perhaps for other purposes), with the HOSTNAME line like the one you saw in /etc/sysconfig/network. > OR > > how do you set hostname without using GUI tools (that seem to bork the > system up..) It's already set in /etc/sysconfig/network, as you saw above. -- Dave Sherman - MCSE, MCSA, CCNA Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list