Re: Hostname change

From: Neil Horman (nhorman_at_rNeOdShPaMt.com)
Date: 12/09/03 

Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 10:32:49 -0500

G2 wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 08:19:32 -0500, Neil Horman wrote:
>
>
>>G2 wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>I have been trying to change the hostname on my Red Hat 9 system.
>>>I've read all the various suggestions (they don't all agree which
>>>is confusing) and tried the suggestion that said start
>>>redhat-config-network and click on the DNS tab and put the new hostmane
>>>there. BTW I trying to use hostname peopled.
>>>
>>
>>In /etc/hosts:
>>127.0.0.1 peopled
>>
>>This will remove the gnome error on boot up (and probably improve system
>> performace while in X).
>
> Here is one of the things that is very confusing.
> I've seen your suggestion before. Usually followed by at least one person
> saying NEVER change the "127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost" line.
> Since some poeple have done it, I can only assume that it works but others
> indicate that you'll mess up other programs that depend on the 127.0.0.1
> loopback address.
> I believe that when I send this back to the news group, and if enough people
> read this, I'll get both answers. And everyone will declare there point of view
> MUST be correct.
> Like I said, very confusing for use new bees.
> Regards,
> Gtoo
>
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you should remove the localhost
line from /etc/hosts. Instead, you should add peopled as an alias to
the same line, i.e.:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost peopled

Sorry, should have been more clear.
Neil 

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