On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Carlos Santana<neubyr at gmail.com> wrote: > Howdy, > > 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? > > Thanks, > CS. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > You should change it in both places, and then run /etc/init.d/network restart to make it effective. /etc/hosts basically tells your own machine on which IP a certain domain resolves to. It's a "scaled down DNS server", and normally only used if you only need to maintain a few hosts on a network. /etc/sysconfig/network tells your machine what it's actual hostname is. -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Hosting Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532