Another way to find the references would be to cd to /etc, and then do: Find . -exec grep -l currentname {} \; This will list all the files where the current name appears. Then pick your method of changing them. System-config-network appears to be the best GUI tool. Vi or sed would work as well. -- Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation RO-CE-8-857 200 First Street SW 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 ----- "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ben Halicki Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 3:26 PM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: host name str tux wrote: >List, > >I need to change hostname to my box (as well as the prompt [root@fc3 >root]# - i want to change fc3 to some other name); how to do it? what >are the files i need to change?