Boyd Adamson wrote: > Carlton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> All I want to do is change the host name on my laptop. >> >> Numerous searches turn up to simply change the /etc/host file, but it is >> read only and won't accept the change. >> >> The man pages say not to use sysidconfig manually, so I don't know if it can >> be done. > > The *right* way is to use sys-unconfig to re-configure the net settings on > your box. > > For some purposes that's a little over the top though. > > To change the hostname without sys-unconfig there are at least 3 files > you need to edit: > > /etc/inet/hosts > /etc/nodename > /etc/hostname.* (where * is the name of your interface) > > If you're on Solaris (rather than an OpenSolaris build) then you need to > add > > /etc/inet/ipnodes > > to that list. > > Note that some other apps use the name of the host for other things and > may need updating. > > Some of those files are marked read-only by default. If you're root and > using vi you can write to them with :w! otherwise use chmod. > > HTH > > Boyd
What about the GUI from the GNOME menu (as root) Administration -> Network, and then General Settings (second tab), and just change the hostname there and reboot (this is a 3 month old build). I didn't read this anywhere, but it *seemed* to work. Any reason why this wasn't a good idea? Patrick _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
