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