16 Jun
2009
16 Jun
'09
8:07 p.m.
Tom Brown schrieb:
How do I change the hostname? In particular, what is the difference between /etc/hosts and /etc/sysconfig/network files? Where should I make the changes?
/etc/hosts has nothing to do with the hostname this is just a way to resolve a name to an IP where DNS is not available or some other badness is going on
Umm, no. There is a wierd dependency between /etc/hosts and the full qualified hostname:
You can fill in /etc/sysconfig/network your hostname full qualified but 'hostname -f' still returns without domain.
Not before you change your hosts file to: 127.0.0.1 host host.fqdn 'hostname -f' comes back wrong.
I'm wondering why e.g. the domain in /etc/resolv.conf is ignored...
Rainer