Matthew Saltzman wrote:
On Sun, 26 Nov 2006, Guillermo Garron wrote:
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:
>> >[...]
>> 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.
As I said, this is false. Change the name in the DNS tab of
system-config-network and save your changes. Then look at
/etc/sysconfig/nework and see.
You do have to restart after making this change, or you need to make
other changes as described elsewhere in this thread.
I spent hours changing the name via the DNS tab of system-config-network
then changing the host file and rebooting only to find that the change
would not hold. The only way to have the change hold was to edit
/etc/sysconfig/nework after a reboot and before the gui. Any other
method or combination of methods did not hold during subsequent reboots.
