Changing Hostname

[Clifford Snow]

On Sat, 2004-04-17 at 16:41, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 12:05:24PM -0700, Clifford Snow wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 14:41, Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > You forgot step 0: xhost +localhost.  The X server is no longer able to
> > > send it's information to the original host name (since you changed it). 
> > > Restart X (Ctrl+Alt+Backspace) and you should be able to start a
> > > browser.
> > 
> > I made the suggested changes and it work.  Thank you. To recap, I used
> > the following steps:
> > 1. xhost +newhostname
> > 2. changed the hostname in /etc/sysconfig/network
> > 3. changed the 127.0.0.1 entry in /etc/hosts to include the new host
> > name
> unless you are using dhcp this hosts file should contatin the ip and
> hostname fo you machine.

I am using dhcp.  I'm glad you reminded me since I plan to go to static
ip in the near future.
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Clifford Snow
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