Re: [expert] change hostname

[J. Craig Woods]

You might think you want to make this change but you really do not: 
localhost.localdomain is the name that your loop back device (127.0.0.1) 
needs in order to maintain stability within the OS. Without this name 
being in the hosts file, you will have some problems.

You could consider naming the hostname, "buddy", on a NIC device, such 
as eth0 (depending on what you have setup).

Cheers,
drjung
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How do I change my hostname from localhost.localdomain to Buddy?

I changed /etc/hosts, and hostmdkgiorig, and it was still 
localhost.localdomain

Thanks


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