On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 16:17, Frankie wrote: > open a terminal window, su - to become root.. > > then type: > > hostname my.new.hostname > > Then edit the file /etc/sysconfig/network > > edit the line: > > HOSTNAME xxxx.xxxx.xxxx > to reflect the new hostname. > > Then edit /etc/hosts file to make sure that it resolves your new hostname > properly. > > Done... easy huh? > > No doubt you could have done that with webmin or netconf or MCC, but why > bother when its that easy? > > > rgds > > Franki > htmlfixit.com
Just cut out a step there - edit the /etc/sysconfig/network, put in your new hostname, then type: service network restart Pppppppffffft! ;) -- Mon Aug 25 17:45:01 EST 2003 17:45:01 up 7:31, 1 user, load average: 0.83, 0.79, 0.74 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ | illawarra computer services | | /-oo /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ & RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * "I am not convinced that they can write solid stable software. Proprietary software is already hobbled by it's secretive cathedral nature, but Microsoft seems to have a corner on incompetent programming as well." -- Chris DiBona from the introduction. (Open Sources, 1999 O'Reilly and Associates)
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