Does this help?

manticore:~# cd /proc/sys/kernel
manticore:/proc/sys/kernel# echo a > hostname
manticore:/proc/sys/kernel# hostname
a
manticore:/proc/sys/kernel# echo manticore > hostname
manticore:/proc/sys/kernel# hostname
manticore


Scott



On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Ryan Stewart wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know the proper way to set the hostname in SuSE.  I had a
> problem recently with the modprobe utility.  I was conversing with
> Novell about the issue via email and after spending some time on the
> problem (since this was just a test image), I was going to reinstall.  I
> played with it a little longer and figured out when I compared the file
> /sbin/modprobe to the same file on another image, they were different.
> So I copied the file from the good image to the bad one.  Everything
> works (or so it seems to so far), but at my prompt I have a hostname of
> (none).
>
> For some reason I cannot set the hostname using the hostname command
> either.  I have added it to the /etc/hosts file.  The hostname is
> correct in the /etc/HOSTNAME file.  One thing I noticed is in the
> /proc/sys/kernel/hostname file it says (none) for the hostname.
>
> I am not sure what else to check or change.  Anyone have any thoughts on
> the issue?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ryan Stewart
> Indian River Community College
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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