From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=romuald.net.eu.org) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17kVIY-0005eW-00 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:49:46 -0400 Received: (qmail 13703 invoked by uid 1002); 29 Aug 2002 19:49:10 -0000 Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:49:10 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Set hostname. Message-ID: <20020829194910.GA13699@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <009e01c24f93$8ca49ba0$98185a8c@17158MR2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <009e01c24f93$8ca49ba0$98185a8c@17158MR2> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Try "/etc/HOSTNAME". Greg On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 03:37:45PM -0400, Mark Rew wrote: > List, > > Does anyone know how I can set the host name of a machine after RedHat 7.3 > linux has been installed? The wrong host name was entered during the > installation and I need to reset it to the FQDN, Fully Qualified Domain Name. > I tried using: > hostname host.domain.subnet.network > > But, the next time I rebooted the machine the value I entered was lost. The > name is in the /etc/hosts file correctly. But, the system is not finding the > correct host name during boot up. > > thanks > Mark Rew > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup