On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca> wrote: > On 02/14/2013 01:13 PM, Digimer wrote: >> On 02/14/2013 01:11 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> I need to change the host name on a test server, and in the past when I >>> used hostname to change the hostname, it did not seem to change it >>> everywhere. >>> >>> I really don't want to do a rebuild just yet, but I have to feel >>> confident that hostname is really changed (reboot is not too much of an >>> issue). >>> >>> What is the recommened practice? Other than get it right the first time. >> >> To make the change permanent, edit /etc/ssyconfig/network and set the >> desired hostname after HOSTNAME=. >> > > Sorry, I typo'd that; > > # cat /etc/sysconfig/network > NETWORKING=yes > HOSTNAME=<your.new.hostname> > > -- > Digimer You also probably want to update /etc/hosts, though it strictly does not itself set the hostname for the machine. ❧ Brian Mathis