Re: [Hampshire] Debian Slug

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Author: Sean Gibbins
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Debian Slug
Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 21:42:10 +0100 (+0100), Sean Gibbins wrote:
>
>> configured yet? I've done a recursive grep on /etc for dhcppc0 and
>> discovered, I think, all occurrences that will need updating. It's not
>> something I have done before, so is changing the hostname post-install a
>> good idea or something generally to be avoided?
>>
>
> When I change hostname, do what you've just done - a nice little grep
> :-) Off the top of my head the main files are:
>
> - /etc/hostname
> - /etc/hosts
> - /etc/(whatever your mailsystem is) (and perhaps /etc/mailname)
>
> Er, that's all I can think of. I'd then do a reboot.
>
> Adrian
>


Thanks Adrian, that's pretty much what rgrep found, and after a quick
edit and a reboot it's goodbye dhcppc0 and hello slurms!

Off to configure gnump3d, samba and cups now.

Have a nice meeting; I may bring slurms along to the next one, just in
case anyone is interested.

Sean