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Hostname

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 2:16 am
by Shmio
OK, my hostname always reverts back to xbox nomatter what i set it to...

etc/hosts
etc/hostname

all read xbox or localhost...is there a way so i don't have to set it everytime i start my mail server?

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 7:28 am
by rocketeer
I'm not sure i'm following you, you mean those files get overwritten by the system after you've edited them?

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 7:41 am
by Shmio
exactly...i need my hostname to stay....hop.homelinux.org....each time i check /etc/hosts it goes back to xbox

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 8:09 am
by nobspangle
are you editing the file as root

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:14 am
by ShALLaX
Home has special tools for this "newhost" and "newdomain". Try them out.

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 8:25 pm
by Shmio
wow thats l33t