On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I goofed again after a rebuild from a kickstart so had to rename yet
> again, see below:
>
> 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=.
>>
>
> I did this and rebooted, but /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> was not changed. NetworkManager does not seem to have a dialog for
> changing it there. I manually edited the file. When I saved the file,
> NM seems to have noticed the change and auto-restarted the interface.
If you aren't moving this box around onto different networks all the
time just get rid of NetworkManager so it will stop screwing up your
settings.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
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