[SOLVED] Changing The Computer Name

[Cool01]

I have a minor emergency situation. I yesterday I found out that the EeePC software created a computer name that I want to change for security reasons. I have posted this question in the appropriate Xandros topic, but I know that there are few Xandros users who drop in there. Since Xandros is apparently based on Debian, the best I can do is ask it again here:

How would you change the computer name on a Debian computer?

[jayd512]

I'm pretty sure you could edit your /etc files for that. Open terminal, execute

vi /etc/sysconfig/network
vi /etc/hosts

save, logout, and you should have it!

[Cool01]

Thanks for the reply! Actually, it turned out to be a bit different. If I edited the files manually, they would have been

/etc/hostname

and

/etc/dhcp3/dhclient.*.conf

but actually they have a special utility to do it called "kcontrol".

The difference in files surprises me. I was actually expecting the parameter files would have been the same. Oh well.

[jayd512]

Well... to be honest, I don't run Debian, so I figured there would be a minor difference or two. But I'm glad you got it sorted out.