[CentOS] More on Re: Really changing the hostname
Robert Moskowitz
rgm at htt-consult.com
Fri Feb 15 17:27:19 UTC 2013
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.
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