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
