On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 06:41 +0100, Thufir wrote: > When installing FC5 I set the hostname to "arrakis.homelinux.com" when it > should've been "arrakis.homelinux.org". > > running "system-config-network", and changing the hostname with the GUI, > then running "service network restart", or even rebooting, fails to effect > the result of "hostname". > > [thufir@arrakis ~]$ > [thufir@arrakis ~]$ hostname > arrakis.homelinux.com > [thufir@arrakis ~]$ > [thufir@arrakis ~]$ cat /etc/hosts > # Do not remove the following line, or various programs > # that require network functionality will fail. > 127.0.0.1 arrakis.homelinux.org arrakis localhost.localdomain localhost > Hi Thufir, Did you check your network configuration inside /etc/sysconfig/network ? There is a HOSTNAME parameter inside that needs to be changed. As for your changes in /etc/hosts, what I like to do is to leave my loopback address (i.e. 127.0.0.1) as the default (i.e. localhost, localhost.localdomain) and assign the network IP address to the hostname that is defined inside /etc/sysconfig/network. In my mind, I make a distinction between 'localhost' and the hostname as the name I call myself and the name I want others to call me, respectively. -- Pascal Chong email: chongym@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx web: http://cymulacrum.net pgp: http://cymulacrum.net/pgp/cymulacrum.asc "La science ne connaît pas de frontière parce que la connaissance appartient à l’humanité. et que c’est la flamme qui illumine le monde." -- Louis Pasteur
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part
