[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Renaming a Linux host

[Burton Strauss]

Yes because there are multiple places where the 'name' of a host is
specified.

  Some distros have config files which set variables used in various
scripts.
  There is /etc/hosts for local name resolution.
  Sometimes it's specified separately for dhcp.
  Multiple types of 'host' name, such as FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name),
NIS, ...

etc.

-----Burton
 

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org] On Behalf
Of Robert Citek
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 7:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Renaming a Linux host


On Jul 23, 2005, at 9:04 PM, Leroy Tennison wrote:
> Thanks for the input.  While Googling I came across what should have 
> been obvious 'man hostname' says that the program will set the 
> hostname. Now, is that too simplistic?

Yes, for the hostname will only be changed for the current kernel session.
What distro are you running?

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- Robert
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