hostname -- how is it set?
Geoff Rainey
geoffr at datacom.co.nz
Fri May 7 23:03:49 UTC 2004
You are correct, change the file:
/etc/sysconfig/network to the hostname of your machine to the following
configuration:
hostname.domain as for instance -
"HOSTNAME=server1.redhat.com"
On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 08:08, Robert C Paulsen Jr wrote:
> Hello,
>
> What configuration file must I edit to change the system's hostname?
>
> I know I can issue the hostname command, but I want to make whatever
> change is needed so that the change will be effective after subsequent
> reboots.
>
> I found HOSTNAME in /etc/sysconfig/network, but it is set to
> localhost.localdomain which does NOT match then output from the hostname
> command.
>
>
>
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