I've never had any luck with the hostname command; it works fine until I
reboot, then my changes are lost.
The best way to do it is to edit (as root) the /etc/hosts file.
DO NOT change or delete the line that says "localhost.localdomain localhost"
- some aspects of the system really want that to be there. Rather, copy that
line, but in the new line change both instances of localhost to the new
hostname and change localdomain to your desired domain name.
The DNS address for both lines should be 127.0.0.1 .
I personally don't use Linuxconf because it always insists on changing a lot
of things that I don't want changed - for example, I lose my user-level pppd
privileges if I let Linuxconf do things its way. I'll use it as a reference
tool but not to modify settings. And, just in case I've been awake hacking
away too long and do save the fubar'd changes, I have scripts set up to fix
the usual offenders (such as chmods and chowns)
Jay DeKing
On Friday 15 June 2001 10:46, Tim Holmes wrote:
> You can also use the hostname command.
>
> Just type hostname <mymachine.name.domain.com>
>
> That will do the trick as well. That's what I've used in FreeBSD. Since
> there's no Linuxconf to use that I know of, and I don't have X installed to
> find another GUI. tdh
>
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> | How do I change the hostname that is set during startup
> | (localhost.localdomain)? The hostname command changes it, but at startup
> | it is always set back to localhost.localdomain during boot.
> |
> | -Noah Richards
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