On Wed, 2005-13-07 at 09:23 +0200, Andreas Wahlert wrote: > Tyler Nally wrote: > > If you know what it is *now*.. you can go to /etc > > > > # cd /etc/ > > > > .. and do a .. > > > > # grep knownhostname * */* */*/* > > > > .. to search up to three levels deep for anything that > > matches. I found the match in... > > > > /etc/sysconfig/network > > > > > > On Wed, July 13, 2005 2:10, Andreas Wahlert said: > > > >>Hi @all > >> > >> > >>i'm just a little bit blind at the moment. I have a FC4 without X, only > >> console. Where can i change the hostname of the machine?? i have > >>changed it in /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/if* > >> > >>I can't find a file named "hostname" in etc. > Ahhhhh > > has to be changed in /etc/sysconfig/network You should also change the host name in the /etc/hosts file. Make sure that you follow the proper syntax for this file depending on if you get your IP by dhcp or if it is static.