On Thu,20.Nov.08, 20:29:22, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > Why that must be, I mean when changing the hostname with hostname command, > we also sometimes need to do the same with /etc/hosts else something weird > would happen. Does the command hostname writes somewhere else other than > /etc/hosts?
According to 'man hostname' it doesn't write anything:
SET NAME
When called with one argument or with the --file option, the commands
set the host name or the NIS/YP domain name. Note that this is
effective
only until the next reboot. Edit /etc/hostname for permanent change.
Regards,
Andrei
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