On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote: > 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. If you aren't moving this box around onto different networks all the time just get rid of NetworkManager so it will stop screwing up your settings. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com