Re: hostname

[Levent Duymus <levent@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

# vi  /etc/sysconfig/network
then change the value of HOSTNAME variable.
Chris Norman wrote:

In /etc/hosts?

Just a thought.

Chris Norman
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Summerfied" <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: hostname


azeem ahmad wrote:
  

hi list
i set the hostname using the command
hostname
but when i restart i gets back to the old hostname
how can i change it permanently
Regards
Azeem
    

This is more general than other answers I've seen, it's how I find stuff.
sudo find /etc -type f -print0 | sudo xargs -0 grep -H $HOSTNAME

You need to be root because some of the directories are forbidden to 
mere mortals.