Hi John, You have to also change this file /etc/sysconfig/network in the HOSTNAME field change it to your desired name Regards Harry Sukumar .-. /v\ L I N U X // \\ >Phear the Penguin< /( )\ ^^-^^ John J. Boyer wrote: > Thanks to all of you who are answering my dumb questions about my new > CentOS instgallation. > > I modified /etc/hosts, as the hostname man page seemed to suggest, and > rebooted. The hostname is still localhost. I want to change it to > jjb-centos. I also want to change the domain name to abilitiessoft.com > > Thanks, > John >