From: dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de
Subject: RE: hostname!?
5 Feb 1997 13:05:44 -0800
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Hi, you wrote:

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: bash$ hostname viper
: hostname: cannot set hostname; this system lacks the functionality
:  bash$ hostname
: H9O2C6
: 
: Hostname should be viper!!! :((

Hey, Azores! Your are the first from there...

It seems you are using W95, with TCP/IP and DNS working.
Our NT4.0 is more verbose:
bash$ hostname xxx
sethostname: Use the Network Control Panel Applet to set hostname.
hostname -s is not supported.


Match Control Panel/Network/Identification/Computername with TCP/IP settings!
hostname and uname -a are okay here (the latter uppercased).


Bye, Heribert (dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de)
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