Re: Hostname


Subject: Re: Hostname
From: Jim Cole (greyleaf@yggdrasill.net)
Date: Fri Sep 17 1999 - 02:20:47 MDT


Have you rebooted the machine since changing the /etc/HOSTNAME entry? If not, then you
need to do something like...

hostname --file /etc/HOSTNAME

in order to update the system.

You might also want to take a look at /etc/hosts and make sure the hostname is correct,
assuming it has been entered.

Jim

David Barnum wrote:

> List,
> Could anyone tell me how to change your hostname? I changed the hostname in
> /etc/HOSTNAME but it still doesn't work
> Dave



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