On 11/26/06, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 26 Nov 2006, Guillermo Garron wrote: > On 11/25/06, Maillist-Norm <maillist@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> Guillermo Garron wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have this problem >> > >> > my email server's DNS name is >> > >> > ns1.mydomain.com, and it is registered in the reverse DNS also with >> > that name, when i installed my server at the hostname i entered >> > >> > centos-server.mydomain.com >> > >> > when i tried to send an email from the root console with >> > >> > # mail root >> > >> > the email is returned saying that >> > >> > root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, could not be verified >> > >> > i used the command >> > # hostname ns1.mydomain.com >> > and also edited the file. >> > >> > /etc/hosts, >> > but i have the same result, the hostname did not change, i even >> > restart my server with no luck. >> > >> > what am I missing? >> > >> > regards, >> > >> > Guillermo. >> > >> > >> The only way I have been able to get a name change to stick is to boot >> into level 3 and edit etc/sysconfig/network. >> Norm > Thanks Norm, > > this really worked! The same effect can be had by changing the hostname in the DNS tab of system-config-network. Contents of /etc/hosts can be edited from the Hosts tab.
I did that, but it only really worked when i made what Norm said. seems like /etc/sysconfig/network can only be changed by editing it by hand, I had to restart the server in order to have the changes applied. Guillermo.
