should this be the fully qualified domain name or just hostname? I have read two differing accounts on this
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anand Buddhdev Sent: Sunday, 12 January 2003 9:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Domain Name Ted Gervais wrote: > I feel a little sheepish in asking this question on the list but what > the heck. Here it goes. > > I have RH8 running very well. Everything seems to be fine. But I notice > that somehow I never set my hostname. Or at least, the hostname that > keeps appearing is 'localhost'. Of course that appears in my /etc/hosts > file. > > I am sure everyone has a better host name than 'localhost' and was > wondering about making a change here. If I do make a change though, > will that screwup sendmail or the network etc..?? > > Also, how does one make a change to another hostname? And how is this > done permanently. Edit /etc/sysconfig/network, and set your hostname there. It will be set correctly at every bootup then. For completenesses sake, also edit /etc/hosts, and change localhost.localdomain to your new hostname. -- Anand Buddhdev http://anand.org -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.422 / Virus Database: 237 - Release Date: 20/11/02 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.422 / Virus Database: 237 - Release Date: 20/11/02 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
