Software projects/OS/Slackware/Advanced usage/Hostname

Changing the hostname

• As root, type:

netconfig

• Now you have to edit /etc/sudoers . You have to use visudo or nano, otherwise some editors may change the permissions of this file, therefore disable sudo commands.

nano /etc/sudoers

• Change all "darkstar" into the hostname you've choosen.
• You can do that simply with sed:

sed -i -e "s/darkstar/new-name/" /etc/sudoers

• Sudoers permissions _must_ be:

ls -lsa /etc/sudoers
-r--r----- 1 root root

• In case you changed the permissions, do this:

chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers
chown 0.0 /etc/sudoers