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On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Alan F Cunningham wrote: > Robb- > How do you change the hostname and LDMHOSTNAME that "ldmadmin config" > displays? Alan, From the ldm home directory, edit bin/ldmadmin with the line starting with "$hostname = " The LDMHOSTNAME is an environment variable that can be set in the c-shell by: % setenv LDMHOSTNAME <theNewHostName> The can also be done in the .cshrc file. I took the ldm machine off our school's network and do not have > a DNS running? If I can't change it, can I edit the hosts file on all the > computers to alias 130.127.121.128 to sagth.clemson.edu? > > It would be simplest if I could change the ldmd configuration and set the > two variables to 130.127.121.128... > One can do that but if the IP number changes then the files will have to be edited again. Alan, what the scoop on the other department? <td>Clemson University</td> <td>webwulf.parl.clemson.edu</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Will Jones</td> <td>address@hidden</td> <td>864-656-7223</td> It's UPC policy to only feed one machine at a site, then others can feed off of that machine. Robb... > Thanks, > > Alan Cunningham > Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab > 310 Jordan Hall > Thanks, > > Alan Cunningham > Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab > 310 Jordan Hall > Thanks, > > Alan Cunningham > Clemson University Radar Ornithology Lab > 310 Jordan Hall > 864-656-3584 > hubcap.clemson.edu/~acunnin > =============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ===============================================================================