[CentOS] More on Re: Really changing the hostname

Fri Feb 15 17:27:19 UTC 2013
Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>

I goofed again after a rebuild from a kickstart so had to rename yet 
again, see below:

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=.
>

I did this and rebooted, but /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 
was not changed. NetworkManager does not seem to have a dialog for 
changing it there.  I manually edited the file.  When I saved the file, 
NM seems to have noticed the change and auto-restarted the interface.