I’m new to OpenSuse after having used (k)ubuntu for the last 5 years. After doing a clean install of OpenSuse, I was surprised to miss an option to set the host name during the installation. I figured that it was something I had just missed, and set it to what I wanted in /etc/hosts:
127.0.0.2 ingsoc.site ingsoc
This did not change the hostname as I’d expected. I tried
set HOSTNAME=ingsoc
, this didn’t work either.
Finally after poking around in Yast, I set the hostname under Yast/Network Devices/Network Settings.
Now the hostname shows from prompt as jim@ingsoc:, but when I do
echo $HOSTNAME, I still get the default of linux-y0bf
So, yeah. I feel like a 'tard here. What am I missing?
thanks,
jimbo
Assuming it is set by you now and NOT set to get a name via DHCP have
you tried rebooting? I THINK this is only set during bootup though I
could easily be wrong on that.
Good luck.
jimbren wrote:
| Hello–
|
| I’m new to OpenSuse after having used (k)ubuntu for the last 5 years.
| After doing a clean install of OpenSuse, I was surprised to miss an
| option to set the host name during the installation. I figured that it
| was something I had just missed, and set it to what I wanted in
| /etc/hosts:
|
Code:
127.0.0.2 ingsoc.site ingsoc
--------------------
This did not change the hostname as I’d expected. I tried
Code:
--------------------
set HOSTNAME=ingsoc
--------------------
, this didn’t work either.
Finally after poking around in Yast, I set the hostname under
Yast/Network Devices/Network Settings.
Now the hostname shows from prompt as jim@ingsoc:, but when I do
Code:
--------------------
echo $HOSTNAME, I still get the default of linux-y0bf
So, yeah. I feel like a 'tard here. What am I missing?
thanks,
jimbo
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