On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 14:43, Satish Balay wrote: > On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Taylor, ForrestX wrote: > > > On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 14:28, Clifford Snow wrote: > > > I'm attempting to change the hostname of my box. I used the following > > > steps to change the hostname: > > > 1. Edited /etc/sysconfig/network to change the > > > HOSTNAME=newname.example.com > > > 2. Edited /etc/hosts to 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > > newname > > > 3. Ran /bin/hostname newname > > > > > > I seem to be missing something because opening a web browser just > > > hangs. What other places need to be changed to change the hostname? > > > > You forgot step 0: xhost +localhost. The X server is no longer able to > > send it's information to the original host name (since you changed it). > > Restart X (Ctrl+Alt+Backspace) and you should be able to start a > > browser. > > And also be consistant with the hostname (in the above 3 steps) > > HOSTNAME=newname True, and the OP didn't mention that (s)he restarted the network (step 2.5) ;o) Forrest
