[TriLUG] New Dell Server

Jeff Bollinger jeff01 at email.unc.edu
Tue Oct 30 11:25:25 EST 2001


Yeah,

$hostname (enter hostname here)

Jeff

Matt Jezorek wrote:

> i believe it should be set in /etc/bashrc on redhat but I thought it
> automatically used the hostname?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Justin Johnson" <justin at eCotton.com>
> To: "TRILUG (E-mail)" <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:58 AM
> Subject: [TriLUG] New Dell Server
>
> > I just brought up a new server the we ordered from Dell, with RedHat 7.1 .
> > The prompt at the command line is set to "[justin at localhost justin]$"
> > I am relatively new to linux, but shouldn't the computer name be where
> > "localhost"
> > appears in prompt? If so where do I change this?
> >
> > Not a major thing, just wondering.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Justin
> >
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