Re: Changing the hostname

From: Bit Twister (BitTwister_at_localhost.localdomain)
Date: 04/12/04 

Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 04:02:49 GMT

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 03:03:02 GMT, No One wrote:
> I have a Linux machine on my local area network. I have run the
> hostname command to change the host and domain name. I also ran the
> domainname command. All is well till I reboot and it resets to
> "localhost.localdomain". I am running RH 9. How do I keep the settings
> on reboot? It has a static ip.
>

Guessing,
cat /etc/sysconfig/network
HOSTNAME=wb.home.invalid <============
NETWORKING=yes
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1

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