I have a linux computer called "localhost" which it doesnt sound too cool (if ya know what I mean :) Well the point is, if anybody knows how to change the host name in Linux ?

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> I have a linux computer called "localhost" which it doesnt sound too cool (if
> ya know what I mean :) Well the point is, if anybody knows how to change the
> host name in Linux ?

It is the name boinc gets from your system using gethostmyname() function. I've had the same issue and I solved it. I changed the /etc/hosts file by changing the definition which belongs to IP 127.0.0.1. But I can't tell you and more specificaly as I don't remember which host was that.

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Metod ...

I had the same Problems, and used the Infos from these Pages to correct the Problem :

http://www.cpqlinux.com/hostname.html

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/2/2003/04/4/57490

http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-museum/2.1.5/LFS-HOWTO-2.1.5-HTML/LFS-HOWTO-2.1.5-9.html

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> I have a linux computer called "localhost" which it doesnt sound too cool (if
> ya know what I mean :) Well the point is, if anybody knows how to change the
> host name in Linux ?
>

In Fedora core3 x86-64 they seem to have decided to totally ignore the /etc/hostname and etc/domainname files. I had to set the host name through the boot manager. Its really fun to try to put a share out on a computer called localhost. where does smb://localhost/share really exist? If any Fedora people read this, DO NOT SET THE DEFAULT HOSTNAME TO LOCALHOST!

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where does smb://localhost/share really exist?
Yes. `localhost` is a stand-in token for 127.0.0.1, but you already knew that, so I'm gonna leave it at that.

BTW: Have you had any sound problems with FC3?

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> where does smb://localhost/share really exist?
> Yes. `localhost` is a stand-in token for 127.0.0.1, but you already
> knew that, so I'm gonna leave it at that.
>
> BTW: Have you had any sound problems with FC3?
>

Hard to tell, didn't have speakers on that computer. About the localhost, I tried to put some files on the linux_64 system and thats how I found out they used a stupid default. I used the windows network neighborhood to connect to the so named localhost system and it would loopback to the same computer. I was going through the setup pretty fast and don't remember seeing the set hostname screen.

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If you boot graphically you should see the host name and domain at the login screen. ls /etc/*host* and you'll see the files that need to be checked (host.conf?).

I ask about FC's sound because it's the only thing that flat-out will not work (This is YDL4/FC2 and Red Hat's FC3/PPC)

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