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Article #1495Re: Hostname woes
From: Gary I. Chang
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 08:09
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 08:09
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In article <1992Apr14.055133.9623@newshub.sdsu.edu> johnsond@newshub.sdsu.edu (Dwayne Johnson) writes: > I changed the name of my Nextstation and now I can't get the blasted thing > to boot without getting the "server not found" message. I've found nothing > that tells me how to fix this...HELP! > Reset your NetInfo back to the one without a specific hostname; Directly modify the /etc/hostconfig to put your own hostname there. In this case, you can have your own hostname appear in the prompt and yet still it's a local machine with default IP address as "localhost". Gary > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dwayne Johnson | Hold on to the Great Image > Internet: johnsond@sciences.sdsu.edu | and the world will come to you. > johnsond@nextnet.csus.edu | -- Lao Tzu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!network.ucsd.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!news From: garyc@lenny.acns.nwu.edu (Gary I. Chang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Hostname woes Message-ID: <1992Apr14.080913.7784@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> Date: 14 Apr 92 08:09:13 GMT References: <1992Apr14.055133.9623@newshub.sdsu.edu> Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Reply-To: garyc@lenny.acns.nwu.edu Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois Lines: 23