Having DHCP from my ISP, I did: (1) 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost localhost 127.0.0.1 abc777 ::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6 (2) /etc/sysconfig/network to: NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=abc777 (3) in: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 # 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp HWADDR=00:b0:d0:16:1c:01 ONBOOT=yes NM_CONTROLLED= DHCP_HOSTNAME=abc777 (4) then: localhost (root) ~ [1008]>service network restart Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ] Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ] Disabling IPv4 packet forwarding: net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0 [ OK ] Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth0: Determining IP information for eth0... done. [ OK ] localhost (root) ~ [1009]>hostname x1-6-00-b0-d0-16-1c-01 IPV6???? BOTTOM LINE: I rebooted and got: abc777 (root) ~ [1000]>hostname abc777 BINGO! what I wanted! I suppose I must disable IPV6! There are a few places where this change is required (as I remember) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines