[plug] Problems with Redhat linx 6.0 (Pocket book edition)

[Christopher Darby]

in response to the problem with hostnames, in order to setup the
networking easily, just log in as root
and type netcfg from the command line, this will allow you to set up all
networkin aspects

Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	V.Natarajan [SMTP:natarajv at nw.com.au]
> Sent:	Tuesday, 14 December 1999 12:38
> To:	Cincinatti Linux Users Group (Tech) (E-mail); Perth Linux Users
> Group (E-mail)
> Subject:	[plug] Problems with Redhat linx 6.0 (Pocket book
> edition)
> 
> Dear Friends
> 
> I am new to Linux and your groups. So Let me introduce myself as
> Natarajan (shortly "Nat") from Perth.
> I recently bought this pocket book edition of Redhat Linux 6.0 and
> proceeded to install it. All went well. I got the Gnome control panel,
> played around with desktops etc. But still have not configured
> printer, sound card etc. and ofcourse not upto the level of playing
> around with kernels.
> 
> My problems are:
> 1) The book states to rename your machine (if networking wasn't setup
> during installation ) to log in as root and type the following command
> : hostname [your new host name]. I tried this several times but the
> system just hangs and I had to press the reset switch on each
> occasion.
> 2) There is an instruction to give alias for ls -la. The book states
> to write alias ||='ls -la -color' in the .bashrc file in the home
> directory under the mv alias and save it. When I did this it came up
> with the message 'syntax error at token |' or something to that
> effect. I tried to delete the line I added and while doing so I feel I
> may have deleted some thing else too since then I find the .bashrc
> file missing in (root login) home directory and the other 3 aliases
> alias rm='rm -I', alias cp='cp -I', alias mv='mv -I', all appear
> before the cursor prompt, every time I open a Gnome or xterminal. 
> 
> Has anyone else faced these problems. Any suggestions to retrieve my
> .bashrc file from where it is and to place it where it belongs?
> Thank you.
> 
> 
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