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.