On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 12:46:37PM +0000, Rus Foster wrote: > On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Fabio De Francesco wrote: > > A very simple question, I suppose. > > How can I change the host name? I want to have a new name for the host instead > > of "localhost". > > > > Hi > If you run "hostname new.hostname.com" and update the file /etc/hostname > that should set it up for you ummm, There is no file "/etc/hostname" As root: Modify the contents of the file "/etc/sysconfig/network" so that one line reads: HOSTNAME=MYHOSTNAME Where MYHOSTNAME is the name you want your machine to have Then issue the command "service network restart" Here is a sample /etc/sysconfig/network file: NETWORKING=yes ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet HOSTNAME=MYHOSTNAME USERCTL=no PEERDNS=no -- Linux/Open Source: Your infrastructure belongs to you, free, forever. Idealism: "Realism applied over a longer time period" http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/ <a href=http://kinz.org>Kinz</a> http://www.fedoratracker.org http://www.fedorafaq.org http://www.fedoranews.org Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. ~ ~ ~ ~
