Re: Changing the hostname

From: Bill Unruh (unruh_at_string.physics.ubc.ca)
Date: 04/12/04 

Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 16:09:14 +0000 (UTC)

No One <noone@yahoo.com> writes:

]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.

hostname only changes the running hostname. It does not save it.
/etc/sysconfig/network

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