Padmaja R wrote: > Hi, > thanks for the reply, I sometime back changed the hostname using the > /etc/sysconfig/network only. However, that only has 2 lines in it- > Networking=Yes, Hostname=sipx.com > > Where can I edit the dnsdomainname and domainname variables? I do not see > those variables in /etc/hosts or /etc/sysconfig/network. > > Thank You > > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:41 PM, mkn0014 <mkn0014 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Padmaja R wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I am running centos 5.1 and I wish to change the domain name and >>> dnsdomainname of my PC. currently the settings are-- >>> >>> $ hostname >>> sipx.com <http://sipx.com> >>> $ hostname --fqdn >>> sipx.com <http://sipx.com> >>> $ domainname >>> (none) >>> $ dnsdomainname >>> com >>> >>> I have searched in the net for tips but everywhere only the hostname >>> change is provided. I need to change/set the domain name and the dnsdomain >>> name on my pc to sipx.com <http://sipx.com> and this should be a >>> permanent one across system reboots. Please let me know how to do this. The >>> domain name settings are required for a networking/ SIP telephony >>> applications that I am running but it is internally in the LAN, so I think >>> the name sipx.com <http://sipx.com> if chosen as my pc's domain name will >>> not cause any conflict with the external domain names in the Internet. >>> >>> Thank You >>> >> Edit /etc/sysconfig/network >> Restart IF you have 3 names in your host name it will work ... it will not work with just 2 names. you need host.domain.com right now, your host is sipx ... you have NO DOMAIN NAME except .com you can easily then also set and alias in /etc/hosts to sipx.com ... and also use an alias in apache as well. If you use a proper FQDN with 3 names then everything will "JUST WORK" .... Take this name that I use: myth.home.local $ hostname myth.home.local $ hostname --fqdn myth.home.local $ dnsdomainname home.local Note: use also used the domainname command, that command has nothing to do with dns names, but with "the system’s NIS/YP domain name". Thanks, Johnny Hughes -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 251 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080612/e530d6ce/attachment-0004.sig>