actually I think it causes problems if you change your computer's hostname.
but you can change your bash prompt to say anything you want. check out the
bash-prompt-HOWTO on linuxdoc.org ..... it isn't hard to implement, and you
can do some cool stuff with your bash prompt.
On Saturday 27 October 2001 23:08, you wrote:
> David wrote:
> This may seem stupid to you but how do i change my @hostname exmaple:
> [bill@a bill]$ mdir a: <-----that...............mine says [root@localhost
> root] I feel left out :(...*LOL* just the hostname part
> I know how to Switch User.
> Redhat 7.2
> Gnome
> If that info helps......Thanks:)
>
> Bill wrote:
> > On Saturday 27 October 2001 15:59, you wrote:
> > > No need to mount or unmount anything -- type "mdir a:"
> > >
> > > mtools comes installed by default on most distros.
> > >
> > > Ed.
> >
> > Including, as I can now attest, Mandrake 8.0 and it works just fine with
> > kernel 2.4.12 :-)
> >
> > [bill@a bill]$ mdir a:
> > Volume in drive A has no label
> > Volume Serial Number is 1112-15D8
> > Directory for A:/
> >
> > DSET2 BAS 438 03-26-2001 21:09
> > DSET3 BAS 2052 04-10-2000 11:14
> > 2 files 2 490 bytes
> > 1 454 592 bytes free
> >
> > Reading "info Mtools" now. Boogers! Purt' near the whole bunch of useful
> > dos commands are supported!
> >
> > woo hoo !...
> > mcd a:
> > mdir (as above listing)
> > ls (listing of my Linux home dir!)
> >
> > Ed ... next time I am in your area I wanna buy you a drink ... [at a
> > donut shop, of course! :-) ]
> >
> > A long time ago I tried to add those commands to another distro ... an
> > early RH, I think ... and failed miserably. Until you mentioned it, I had
> > forgotten they even existed. Neat stuff.
> >
> > The essential truth of Linux is that "it" can be done ... whatever
> > computer task "it" happens to be. The key is choosing the right tool to
> > use.
> >
> > Bill
> > --
> > icq #126373831 http://www.anhonestdesire.com
> > Linux a.genesis.com 2.4.12 #2 Wed Oct 17 04:17:02 EDT 2001 i686 unknown
> > total used free shared buffers cached
> > Mem: 1545512 757032 788480 0 303492 502964
> > Swap: 401584 0 401584
> > 8:32pm up 1 day, 17:23, 2 users, load average: 0.12, 0.14, 0.07
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