22 Jan
2004
22 Jan
'04
10:07 a.m.
Slackware stores in hostname file in /etc.
It really depends on rc files which load up the system. Debian picks the hostname from /etc/hosts
RedHat most Windows Registry compliant of them all has it is Windows .ini file style in /etc/sysconfig/network
Supreet
On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 12:08, quasiabhi@softhome.net wrote:
Philip S Tellis writes:
Sometime Today, q u a s i assembled some asciibets to say:
use the hostname command.
or edit /etc/hostname
no, use the hostname command. /etc/hostname is not the only place where the hostname is stored.
I was unaware of this - pray can I know where else the hostname is stored on various GNU/Linux distributions ?