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anadyr

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Registered: 2005-02-10

Posts: 225

setting the computer name

Hello,

I want to change the name of the computer. Now it is set to myhost, so if XDM starts, it says:

Welcome to myhost.

in normal (not X) login, it says

myhost login:

This myhost does not seem to be the hostname in rc.conf, because it is set to something else (the same as in the hosts file).

fk

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From: Germany

Registered: 2006-04-29

Posts: 524

Re: setting the computer name

you must set the Hostname in rc.cond and /etc/hosts

read documentation

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Have you tried to turn it off and on again?

anadyr

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Registered: 2005-02-10

Posts: 225

Re: setting the computer name

This myhost does not seem to be the hostname in rc.conf, because it is set to something else (the same as in the hosts file).

read post...

harlekin

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From: Germany

Registered: 2006-07-13

Posts: 408

Re: setting the computer name

Please show relevant lines from /etc/hosts and especially /etc/rc.conf.

Did you restart your network?
Did you restart your computer (don't know if this is needed, guess not)?

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Snarkout

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Registered: 2005-11-13

Posts: 542

Re: setting the computer name

myhost is the default hostname in rc.conf - I'd imagine that if you have a different name on the console prompt than rc.conf you didn't apply a hostname during install, added the hostname after installing, and haven't rebooted since (or something similar).  Sorry if this isn't the case, but stranger things have happened on this board...

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ralvez

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From: Canada

Registered: 2005-12-06

Posts: 1,694

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Re: setting the computer name

In /etc/rc.conf you should have a line like HOSTNAME="computer_name"
and in /etc/hosts very much the same line, like this:
127.0.0.1               localhost.localdomain   localhost computer_name

That **is bound** to work, else ... something really funny is going on with your system.

Hope this helps.

R

anadyr

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Registered: 2005-02-10

Posts: 225

Re: setting the computer name

# /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
#

#<ip>   <hostname>   <hostname>
127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost

and in rc.conf

HOSTNAME="localhost"

But when xdm is started, it does not say
"Welcome to localhost", but "Welcome to myhost". And I want to change this setting, so that I have a different "Welcome to ..." message...

WiLLiE

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2005-02-27

Posts: 135

Re: setting the computer name

/etc/hosts

# /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
#

#<ip>   <hostname>   <hostname>
127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost mycoolhostname

/etc/rc.conf

HOSTNAME="mycoolhostname"

Reboot.

Edit: and/or check your /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources file.