[lug] Hostname

Warren Sanders sanders at MontanaLinux.Org
Thu Aug 16 15:27:56 MDT 2001


Yes it was in /ect/sysconfig/network
Also found a bad NIS sitting there I didn't know I had :/

Thanks guys :)

On 16 Aug 2001, Tkil wrote:

> Date: 16 Aug 2001 15:18:46 -0600
> From: Tkil <tkil at scrye.com>
> Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: Re: [lug] Hostname
>
> >>>>> "Warren" == Warren Sanders <sanders at MontanaLinux.Org> writes:
>
> Warren> Where is it pulling the old hostname and how do I change this?
>
> this probably varies by distribution.  on my redhat machines, i assign
> the hostname in /etc/sysconfig/network, on the HOSTNAME= line.  i use
> the fully-qualified domain name; i don't know if this is required or
> not.  as an example from my home machine:
>
> | $ cat /etc/sysconfig/network
> | NETWORKING=yes
> | # FORWARD_IPV4 removed; see /etc/sysctl.conf
> | HOSTNAME=slinky.scrye.com
> | DOMAINNAME=scrye.com
> | GATEWAY=216.17.174.110
> | GATEWAYDEV=eth0
>
> t.
>
>
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Warren Sanders
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