One last set of linux file sharing questions

[Sean Kelley]

It's the non-gui way.  I run my YDL headless, i.e. no monitor.  It is 
useful
to know how to configure it sans redhat-config apps.

Sean

On Sunday, September 14, 2003, at 08:51  PM, eps22 wrote:

> What's the benefit of doing this?
>
>
> On Sunday, September 14, 2003, at 08:44 PM, Sean V.Kelley wrote:
>
>>
>> On Sunday, September 14, 2003, at 11:23  AM, Clinton C.MacDonald 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> b) The computer name?  I don't remember giving the computer a name 
>>>> when I installed YDL - all it asked for, I think, was a password 
>>>> for root, and then the name and password for my main user account;
>>>
>>> I think the computer name default is "localhost." I have not yet 
>>> figured out how to change it. :-(
>>>
>>> Newsflash: I was poking around in kicker -> System Settings -> 
>>> Network, and under the DNS tab, there is a field for Hostname; I 
>>> changed mine to "YellowPup" (no spaces allowed). Try playing with > 
>>> that.
>>>
>>
>> You will probably want to update /etc/hosts:
>>
>> 127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost       YellowPup
>> 192.168.0.X  YellowPup
>>
>> Where 192.168.0.?? is what ever local IP your router is giving you.
>>
>> Then you can also edit:  /etc/sysconfig/networking
>>
>> NETWORKING=yes
>> HOSTNAME=YellowPup
>>
>> Sean
>>
>>
>>>> c) The password for the computer? Again, in YDL, I know the 
>>>> password for root, and for my main user account, but I don't 
>>>> remember ever giving my Linux computer a password the same way that 
>>>> I gave one to my OS 10.2 box.
>>>
>>> You set these passwords during the initial installation of YDL. At 
>>> least you remembered what you chose as passwords! You can change the 
>>> root password by going to the kicker menu (the Yellow Dog on the top 
>>> left) -> System Settings -> Root Password. You can create a new user 
>>> by going to kicker -> System Settings -> Users and Groups.
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Clint
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Dr. Clinton C. MacDonald | <mailto:clint dot macdonald AT sbcglobal 
>>> dot net>
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