Re: hostname doesn't stick

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On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 07:59:26 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:

> On Thursday 07 September 2006 06:41, Thufir wrote:
>> When installing FC5 I set the hostname to "arrakis.homelinux.com" when it
>> should've been "arrakis.homelinux.org".
>>
>> running "system-config-network", and changing the hostname with the GUI,
>> then running "service network restart", or even rebooting, fails to effect
>> the result of "hostname".
>>
>> [thufir@arrakis ~]$
>> [thufir@arrakis ~]$ hostname
>> arrakis.homelinux.com
>> [thufir@arrakis ~]$
>> [thufir@arrakis ~]$ cat /etc/hosts
>> # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
>> # that require network functionality will fail.
>> 127.0.0.1       arrakis.homelinux.org   arrakis localhost.localdomain  
>> localhost
>>
> Despite the warning, I always make changes here.  I split that line into two 
> entries:
> 
> 127.0.0.1	localhost.localdomain
> 192.168.0.xx	arrakis.homelinux.org arrakis
> (adjusting the IP of course to your box's own).
> 
> Anne



Thanks, all. got it working :)


-Thufir



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