On 02/15/2013 02:34 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I goofed again after a rebuild from a kickstart so had to rename yet again, see below:
On 02/14/2013 01:13 PM, Digimer wrote:
On 02/14/2013 01:11 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I need to change the host name on a test server, and in the past when I used hostname to change the hostname, it did not seem to change it everywhere.
<snip> >>> What is the recommened practice? Other than get it right the first >>> time. >> To make the change permanent, edit /etc/ssyconfig/network and set the >> desired hostname after HOSTNAME=. > I did this and rebooted, but /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > was not changed. NetworkManager does not seem to have a dialog for > changing it there. I manually edited the file. When I saved the file, > NM seems to have noticed the change and auto-restarted the interface. > Is this a laptop? If it's a server, or a workstation, the opinion around here is NetworkManager MUST DIE.... If you're hardwired, you don't need it, ever - network is still there, and doesn't screw around with your settings.
Here's another question: you're building it via kickstart - are you getting the hostname via dhcp?
Nope. Hostname in in my network statement. And I was getting it wrong, that is why I had to change it after the build!
We've got a perl script to create a ks file dynamically, depending on what option we want (server, desktop, etc), and we get the name via dhcp, and put that in.
The first build for a box is interactive but using netinst and my local repos. Then I alter the anaconda-ks.cfg to make a hardware specific ks, doing 'standard' edits. Thing is sometimes I really don't look hard enough at that hostname line (part of my dyslexia perhaps).