You should be able to use the hostname command....where you would simply say: hostname something else....that would change the hostname on the system. Adam Gilstrap agilstrap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Director of Information Technology Phone:(706)724-1555 Fax:(706)262-5912 -----Original Message----- From: Tobias Speckbacher [mailto:tobias@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 8:22 PM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: RE: Changing IP and HOSTNAME on an existing RedHat system. Change the ip in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (if eth0 is what you want to change) The hostname can be changed in /etc/syconfig/network . 6.0 is quite old but if memory serves me right nothing in respect to these 2 files changed since then. -T -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of listhub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 3:46 PM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Changing IP and HOSTNAME on an existing RedHat system. Ok list. One more question to help me with my LAN restructuring. This is on a very old system Red Hat 6.0 If I have an existing system with hostname: something IP: XXX.XXX.XXX.98 and I want to change it on the same LAN to hostname: somethingelse IP: XXX.XXX.XXX.101 What files to I need to alter? Is there a tool to do this or is it manual edits? Should I do this off the LAN, reconnect and then reboot? I do not want to upgrade the system. It does nothing but serve an obsolete database and I do not want to migrate the data. If I can just have it be another hostname and IP on the existing LAN that will solve all problems. In fact, the hostname and IP I wish to change it too is for a system that died a year ago so all machines on that LAN have a hosts entry for that IP and sendmial is configured to send mail to it if it ever shows up. Thanks for all the help RedHat gurus. Peace john ------------------------------------ John N. Alegre o Andante Systems o eCommerce Consulting o Custom Web Development <*{{{{}>< ------------------------------------ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
