From: /m 

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:08:14 -0400, /m  wrote:

>On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:34:36 -0700, Randall Parker
>
>wrote:
>
>>Joe Hunt wrote:
>>> So, I don't know what name the
>>> firewall box may be referring to.  You linux box's host name can be
>>> seen by giving the command
>>>
>>>     uname -n
>>
>>The response:
>>
>>[randall{at}localhost ~]$ uname -n
>>localhost.localdomain
>>
>>How could I set the name?
>
>man hostname
>
>
>  /m


Additionally,

  apropos hostname

will show you the commands that are related to hostname

 /m

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