Hi there, you could do something like echo your_hostname > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname and you should also add the name to /etc/sysconfig/network with HOSTNAME="yourhostname" and btw the quotes and case for the word hostname at the beginning I believe do matter. Hth and good luck. On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Mark Rew wrote: > List, > > Does anyone know how I can set the host name of a machine after RedHat 7.3 > linux has been installed? The wrong host name was entered during the > installation and I need to reset it to the FQDN, Fully Qualified Domain Name. > I tried using: > hostname host.domain.subnet.network > > But, the next time I rebooted the machine the value I entered was lost. The > name is in the /etc/hosts file correctly. But, the system is not finding the > correct host name during boot up. > > thanks > Mark Rew > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
