[lug] Can't Change hostname on Redhat 9.0

Sean Reifschneider jafo at tummy.com
Mon Jul 21 13:21:22 MDT 2003


On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 01:15:29PM -0600, Dhruva B. Reddy wrote:
>I have tried using the GUI (from the GNOME main menu, go to "System
>Settings"->"Network") and changing it there.  I can see that it changes
>/etc/hosts.  I tried rebooting (after trying restarting network
>services), still no joy.

Make sure that it changes the "HOSTNAME" line in /etc/sysconfig/network,
as well as /etc/hosts

Sean
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Sean Reifschneider, Member of Technical Staff <jafo at tummy.com>
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