Naming my Linux machine

[silk]

Hello,

I have installed Mandrake 9.1 on a PC. It works, i've installed Apache, MySql and PHP and have a nice webserver running.

My big little problem is, how do i give my Linux machine a name (besides localhost)? I am absolutely lost as to how to accomplish something seemingly minor.

Thanks in advance to anyone shedding some light. I want to call the machine Phantom. :-)

[jezra]

I know that the machines hostname can be set from the commandline by using "hostname". In your case, you would type "hostname phantom" which should set the name; you should do this as root. If you are running a GUI, there may be a network configuration app that sets everything up for you.

[silk]

Excellent! That seems to work. Lol. I cannot believe it was that simple, though i suspected it was.

Great!
Many thanks!