Thanks all. Changed /etc/sysconfig/network and rebooted and all is well. At least so far! /etc/hosts did not have an entry for the host there. Maybe because I have installed bind on this system. 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos