Linux RedHat 7.1 Help please

[vOlTaGe]

I ahve a fresh install of RedHat 7.1 and I would like to update the kernel. The kernel is 2.4.2. Is there any reason to update the Xfree drivers, I have a regular old TNT2 card.
Also I need a heck of a lot of help with setting my machine up as a SAMBA server. I have the newest version of SAMBA installed. But my machine is still called "localhost". How/where do I change that. I am running Ximian Gnome 1.4.
Another question is what is the CLI command in the terminal to find out the IP address of my box.

Thanks

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< I ahve a fresh install of RedHat 7.1 and I would like to update the kernel. The kernel is 2.4.2. Is there any reason to update the Xfree drivers, I have a regular old TNT2 card.
Also I need a heck of a lot of help with setting my machine up as a SAMBA server. I have the newest version of SAMBA installed. But my machine is still called &quot;localhost&quot;. How/where do I change that. I am running Ximian Gnome 1.4.
Another question is what is the CLI command in the terminal to find out the IP address of my box.

Thanks >>



Always update your kernel. Update to the latest (2.4.5?). Mostly bug fixes and security holes are patched in the numbers on the far right. I dont know about X, but probably not. Check out SAMBA's page. Also Orielly (sp?) has a book out on SAMBA.

 

[Bremen]

Also read the RH documentation for compiling a kernel. RH shipped a devel version of gcc with 7.0 (its almost certainly still there with 7.1) anyway, to compile a kernel under RH 7.x requires kgcc (basically just an older version of gcc).