hostname doesn't stick

[Norman]

On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 06:41:07 +0100
Thufir <hawat.thufir at gmail.com> 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
> 
> [thufir at arrakis ~]$
> [thufir at arrakis ~]$ date
> Thu Sep  7 06:32:32 IST 2006
> [thufir at arrakis ~]$
> 
> 
> [root at arrakis ~]#
> [root at arrakis ~]# system-config-network
> /usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NC_functions.py:30:
> DeprecationWarning: rhpl.log is deprecated and will be removed; use
> python's logging instead import rhpl.log [root at arrakis ~]#
> [root at arrakis ~]#
> [root at arrakis ~]#
> [root at arrakis ~]# date
> Thu Sep  7 06:37:46 IST 2006
> [root at arrakis ~]#
> [root at arrakis ~]#
> 
> 
> I do notice a warning WRT depreciation, so I'll update the system.
> 
> I've also rebooted, no change in the hostname.
> 
> 
> 
> -Thufir
> 
Try as root running domainname - 
"[root at david ~]# domainname arrakis.homelinux.org"