On Sun, 26 Nov 2006, Guillermo Garron wrote:
On 11/25/06, Maillist-Norm <maillist@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Guillermo Garron wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have this problem
>
> my email server's DNS name is
>
> ns1.mydomain.com, and it is registered in the reverse DNS also with
> that name, when i installed my server at the hostname i entered
>
> centos-server.mydomain.com
>
> when i tried to send an email from the root console with
>
> # mail root
>
> the email is returned saying that
>
> root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, could not be verified
>
> i used the command
> # hostname ns1.mydomain.com
> and also edited the file.
>
> /etc/hosts,
> but i have the same result, the hostname did not change, i even
> restart my server with no luck.
>
> what am I missing?
>
> regards,
>
> Guillermo.
>
>
The only way I have been able to get a name change to stick is to boot
into level 3 and edit etc/sysconfig/network.
Norm
Thanks Norm,
this really worked!
The same effect can be had by changing the hostname in the DNS tab of
system-config-network. Contents of /etc/hosts can be edited from the
Hosts tab.
--
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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