On 02/15/2013 02:34 PM, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Robert Moskowitz 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.
> <snip>
>>>> 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.
>>
> Is this a laptop? If it's a server, or a workstation, the opinion around
> here is NetworkManager MUST DIE.... If you're hardwired, you don't need
> it, ever - network is still there, and doesn't screw around with your
> settings.
>
> Here's another question: you're building it via kickstart - are you
> getting the hostname via dhcp?
Nope. Hostname in in my network statement. And I was getting it wrong,
that is why I had to change it after the build!
> We've got a perl script to create a ks file dynamically, depending on what
> option we want (server, desktop, etc), and we get the name via dhcp, and
> put that in.
The first build for a box is interactive but using netinst and my local
repos. Then I alter the anaconda-ks.cfg to make a hardware specific ks,
doing 'standard' edits. Thing is sometimes I really don't look hard
enough at that hostname line (part of my dyslexia perhaps).
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