From: jliddle@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Jean Liddle) Subject: Re: quick q Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 00:46:39 GMT
In article <1993Jan7.034007.26946@sfu.ca> wonge@fraser.sfu.ca (Edmund Wong) writes:
>In article <1993Jan6.080443.10051@cbfsb.cb.att.com> wto@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (William T. O Connell) writes:
>
>>>3. how can i change the node name from "softland" to something i like?
>>
>>Put 'hostname <something you like>' in you rc file.
>
> Well, that only does that when he logs in though. What I think he's
>trying to ask is that (root@softland) thing. Well. Considering he
Possibly, but changing "softland" to "myname" using hostname and not
changing each of the several tcp/ip configuration files in /etc/inet
will break the tcp/ip stuff. As it is, I've edited the files carefully, and
somewhere still introduced a mistake because, while almost everything
seems to work, I still get a "no root nameserver" something-or-other
error (I think from the NFS stuff) which goes away using the default
tcpip.taz configuration (softland). Perhaps a script, or more
information on just what is being done in these files, would be helpful.
I've tried the various network-faqs, which have been very helpful, but
were not sufficient for me to get something to actually work until I
threw away my own attempts and hacked the SLS installed version instead.i
Anyway, if he changes the name from softland, he also has to edit a
bunch of files in /etc/inet, which, since softlands full name is
softland.softland.other.stuff, can get kinda tricky (is softland referring
to a domain name, or the host name, or what ...?)
Now if I can just find a good reference book for tcp/ip and internet
software installation/configuration, I'll be all set ...
Jean.
-- Jean Liddle Computer Science, Illinois State University e-mail: jliddle@ilstu.edu ============================================