Re: Changing Hostname for RH 9.0 Enterprise?

From: Jean-David Beyer (jdbeyer_at_exit109.com)
Date: 11/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 08:04:08 -0500

W. Watson wrote:
> I tried using the hostname command to produce a new hostname, but that
> certainly stick. When I booted HOSTNAME was still the same value. I also
> changed the host name in the /etc/hosts file. That didn't change after
> boot up--stayed as I left it, the new value. When the blue screen for
> login comes up, it still has the old host name.

What is that? Red Hat Enterprise Linux is only up to 3(.3).

Red Hat Linux 9 is the last of the Red Hat Linux series. AFAIK, they had
no dot releases.

BTW, you shut down X and with a console, you change /etc/sysconfig/network
line to change system name on Red Hat distributions. Anything else gets
undone whenever your reboot. 

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