hostname doesn't stick

Rainer Traut tr.ml at gmx.de
Thu Sep 7 07:52:52 UTC 2006


Hi,

Anne Wilson schrieb:
> On Thursday 07 September 2006 06:41, Thufir wrote:
>> When installing FC5 I set the hostname to "arrakis.homelinux.com" when it
>> should've been "arrakis.homelinux.org".
>>
>> running "system-config-network", and changing the hostname with the GUI,
>> then running "service network restart", or even rebooting, fails to effect
>> the result of "hostname".
>>
>> [thufir at arrakis ~]$
>> [thufir at arrakis ~]$ hostname
>> arrakis.homelinux.com
>> [thufir at arrakis ~]$
>> [thufir at arrakis ~]$ cat /etc/hosts
>> # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
>> # that require network functionality will fail.
>> 127.0.0.1       arrakis.homelinux.org   arrakis localhost.localdomain  
>> localhost
>>
> Despite the warning, I always make changes here.  I split that line into two 
> entries:
> 
> 127.0.0.1	localhost.localdomain
> 192.168.0.xx	arrakis.homelinux.org arrakis
> (adjusting the IP of course to your box's own).

This is what I do, too.
If you don't change that in your hosts file you get inconsistent name 
resolution:
Locally your hostname is resolved to 127.0.0.1, on other hosts the 
hostname is resolved to your real ip address.

Rainer




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