On Thursday 07 September 2006 06:41, 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 > Despite the warning, I always make changes here. I split that line into two entries: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain 192.168.0.xx arrakis.homelinux.org arrakis (adjusting the IP of course to your box's own). Anne
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