On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Digimer <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 02/14/2013 01:13 PM, Digimer wrote:
>> On 02/14/2013 01:11 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>> I need to change the host name on a test server, and in the past when I
>>> used hostname to change the hostname, it did not seem to change it
>>> everywhere.
>>>
>>> I really don't want to do a rebuild just yet, but I have to feel
>>> confident that hostname is really changed (reboot is not too much of an
>>> issue).
>>>
>>> What is the recommened practice? Other than get it right the first time.
>>
>> To make the change permanent, edit /etc/ssyconfig/network and set the
>> desired hostname after HOSTNAME=.
>>
>
> Sorry, I typo'd that;
>
> # cat /etc/sysconfig/network
> NETWORKING=yes
> HOSTNAME=<your.new.hostname>
>
> --
> Digimer
You also probably want to update /etc/hosts, though it strictly does
not itself set the hostname for the machine.
❧ Brian Mathis
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