From: hlu@fili.eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu) Subject: Re: HOSTNAME usage? Date: 28 Aug 1992 18:54:49 GMT
In article <1425@yetti.UUCP>, frank@cs.yorku.ca (Frank Pikelner) writes:
|> Hello,
|>
|> Since the installation of Linux I have decided to change the name of the machine
|> from the original. I have tried to use the HOSTNAME program but it only changes
|> the name temporarily until I reboot. Is there a way to make it permanent? It is
|> probably something simple that I've overlooked like a file or an option when
|> running the HOSTNAME program.
|>
|> Thanks,
|>
Put that line in /etc/rc.local.
H.J.