[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Renaming a Linux host -[OT]

[Richard Geoffrion]

All this fuss!!  Just go tape some masking tape to the server and write 
the new name with a black sharpie.

VOILA!  it's done!  And the best part is...you don't even have to lose 
your uptime!

IF...you have a KVM, you might want to rename it in the menus there.

If anyone claims to see the old name.. just deny it and point to the 
masking tape with the new name.  It works for political figures -- it'll 
work for you.

Some people use duct tape for everything, other people use those 
fancy-shmancy label makers.  Me?  Masking tape works for me.  I have 
been known to use clear scotch -or- packing tape in dire cases of 
emergency.
-- 
Richard