Hi

I have problems installing Houdini NC ( release 6.1.175) on my computer running under Linux Mandrake9.2 (PowerPack)
I'm new to this OS, and installed it on a single machine (working at home).

Everything goes fine in the installation until the licensing problem.
(since i've got no Internet connection under Linux, i need to manually
enter keys)
I cannot change my machine name, which defaults to localhost. I've browsed the Troubleshooting Wizard at the SESI, i've talked about this problem at the Houdini odforce.net forum,
edited the /etc/hosts and /etc/sysconfig/network file, but it doesn't change anything (my machine is always called localhost)
I would really enjoy to use the power of Linux with Houdini.


Thanks in advance for your help.

su, echo machineName > /etc/hostname


vi hosts :>
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.*.* machineName

also, man hostname