On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 11:16:14AM +0530, Dr . Sharukh K . R . Pavri . wrote: > I had to re-install pcqlinux 7.1 and now I don't seem to be able to set the > hostname. During installation, I had given the hostname as farzaan but it > still comes up as localhost. > > /etc/hosts/ has the following line > > 127.0.0.1 farzaan localhost.localdomain localhost > > I even created a file /et/HOSTNAME with the word farzaan but > still won't work. > > I can set it with the hostname command but this is wiped out > at reboot. > ---end quoted text---
This is typically a RH problem. They do not use /etc/HOSTNAME but /etc/hostname. You need to edit /etc/sysconfig/network as well. See LOST #201 below. HTH Bish -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Sysadmin things (hostname in RedHat) LOST #201 To change the host name of your RH machine, as root edit file /etc/hostname. Secondly, place in file /etc/sysconfig/network 'HOSTNAME=hostname_string', else on reboot it will revert to localhost.localdomain! Its a RH quirk ! ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>####################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
