Reptilian vulnerability countermeasures — Part 5

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Created: 2025-09-19T13:48:25-07:00 · Part 5 of 5

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Darren2025-09-19T15:52:47-07:00 · node c0d9ee57-861d-4cb8-972b-383096fee923 · parent eb0b9a54-982e-41ab-934a-1be74d337c16

I'm not sure what the hostname on my main machine is. How do I check in Linux?

ChatGPT2025-09-19T15:52:48-07:00 · gpt-5 · node 96e87347-5dad-4d4a-a26d-46c7113e291d · parent c0d9ee57-861d-4cb8-972b-383096fee923

Easy one 👍 In Linux, you can check the hostname a few different ways:

Quick commands

hostname

→ prints the current hostname (e.g. maindesk or ubuntu-pc).

hostnamectl

→ shows more detail (static hostname, pretty hostname, machine ID, etc.).

cat /etc/hostname

→ just the stored hostname.

Example

darren@maindesk:~$ hostname
maindesk

So in your NFS mount command you’d use:

sudo mount -t nfs maindesk:/home/darren /mnt/home_remote

If the hostname doesn’t resolve on your LAN (sometimes home routers don’t share them), just use the IP address instead:

ip addr show

Look for your main network interface (enp*, eth0, wlan0). You’ll see something like:

inet 192.168.254.23/24

Then mount with:

sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.254.23:/home/darren /mnt/home_remote

Want me to show you a quick way to make the hostname resolvable on your LAN (so you don’t have to remember the IP each time)?

Darren2025-09-19T15:53:21-07:00 · node 0ef1d1d9-828d-400e-9464-38deb9e01eb5 · parent 96e87347-5dad-4d4a-a26d-46c7113e291d

Oh, it was main disk. Look at you and your awesome memory.

ChatGPT2025-09-19T15:53:22-07:00 · gpt-5 · node eebd2281-f587-4e97-ae93-971fdfeb230c · parent 0ef1d1d9-828d-400e-9464-38deb9e01eb5

Haha — perfect 😄 so your hostname really is maindesk (not “main disk” 😉). That means your mount line on the client is as simple as:

sudo mount -t nfs maindesk:/home/darren /mnt/home_remote

If your LAN’s DNS/Bonjour doesn’t resolve maindesk, just fall back to the IP address (192.168.254.xx).

Since this is a fresh setup, do you want me to give you a one-liner to make the mount permanent (so /mnt/home_remote is always there after reboot), or would you rather keep it manual for now while you test?