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"Change the name of your computer" documentation incorrect

Bug #322268 reported by David Sterratt
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Dougie Richardson

Bug Description

I have just installed Intrepid Ibex, and am trying to change the name of the computer. I have looked at the "Internet and Networks"->"Home Networks"->"Change the name of your computer" documentation in yelp.

 It says: Open System ▸ Administration ▸ Network.

System ▸ Administration ▸ Network is not there on my machine.

In fact, I would like to name other computers on my network too, but I think I will have to resort to the old-fashioned method of editing /etc/hosts.

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lp:ubuntu/karmic/ubuntu-docs
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

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Dougie Richardson (dougierichardson) wrote :

Thanks for reporting this bug - its to do with the move to Network-Manager, I'll patch it for the next release.

Changed in ubuntu-docs:
assignee: nobody → ddrichardson
status: Triaged → Confirmed
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David Sterratt (david-c-sterratt) wrote :

Should I file a separate bug about there being no way apparent to edit /etc/hosts graphically? Under Hardy, this could be done in the "Hosts" tab of System->Administration->Network (network-admin), but it's not installed in Intrepid. I see that it's possible to install gnome-network-admin, but shouldn't it be possible to do this by default?

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Dougie Richardson (dougierichardson) wrote :

I agree it should be and filing a separate bug would be best. For the time being I've removed this section from Networking.

Changed in ubuntu-docs:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-docs - 9.04.3

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ubuntu-docs (9.04.3) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Cruft Remover renamed to Computer Janitor, adjusting hardware.xml accordingly (LP: #336288)
  * Expansion and revision of Programming document (Dean Sas)
  * No way to change hostname using GUI tool now (LP: #322268) - Dougie Richardson
  * Update logout details (LP: #335279) - Dougie Richardson
  * Update version number in offline firefox startpage
  * Typo in serverguide (LP: #334697) - Dougie Richardson
  * Update to Windows partition manager in Switching from Windows doc (LP: #333600) - Dougie Richardson
  * Refresh pot files

 -- Matthew East <email address hidden> Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:46:22 +0000

Changed in ubuntu-docs:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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