Host name?

[Darin Perusich]

YES, do not remove/change the localhost entry it is required. if you 
want to set the hostname of you computer to something else use the 
hostname(1) command to set it to something else. to permanently set the 
host name echo "hostname" > /etc/HOSTNAME.

Joe wrote:
> I have /etc/hosts
> 
> bigbird at localhost tmp]$ cat /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1               localhost
> [bigbird at localhost tmp]$
> 
> Would it break anything if I changed "localhost" to another name?
> 
> Joe
> 

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Darin Perusich
Unix Systems Administrator
Cognigen Corp.
darinper at cognigencorp.com