[CentOS] Done - Re: Really changing the hostname

Robert Moskowitz rgm at htt-consult.com
Thu Feb 14 22:02:57 UTC 2013


Thanks all.

Changed /etc/sysconfig/network and rebooted and all is well.  At least 
so far!

/etc/hosts did not have an entry for the host there.  Maybe because I 
have installed bind on this system.


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.
>
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