On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 15:22, John Kennedy <skebi69 at gmail.com> wrote: > For changing the hostname without restart use the hostname command: > hostname newhost.domain.com > > To keep the new hostname between restarts edit /etc/sysconfig/network, and > change the hostname there. > > Also its a good idea to check /etc/hosts, it can contain the old hostname, > change/delete it. > John Kennedy > > > > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 15:18, Alexander Farber <alexander.farber at gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I've purchased a new dedicated CentOS 6.0 / 64 bit server >> and have 2 minor problems please: >> >> 1) The "hostname" is reported as CentOS-60-64-minimal at CLI - >> eventhough I've edited /etc/hosts and changed the 2nd line: >> >> 127.0.0.1 localhost >> 176.9.123.123 preferans >> >> Sorry for the top post...Hit send before I looked and changed it...Damn web interface... John