On 4/10/2011 2:40 PM, Russell Senior wrote: >>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Thoen<[email protected]> writes: > Bill> I've recently set up a new web server running CentOS 5.5 and I > Bill> wanted to change the machine name from what it was named when it > Bill> wsa built to something else. So I set > Bill> hostname=hotspur.gisnet.local and changed the HOSTNAME= line in > Bill> /etc/sysconfig/network to HOSTNAME=hotspur.gisnet.local. > > Whenever I change the hostname on a machine, I do a recursive grep on > the /etc for the old hostname. > > grep -r<oldhostname> /etc > > then manually edit the places that make sense. When the old hostname > is gone, I might even reboot to make sure any running processes get > the message
Now that's the kind of surgical precision I like! It's simple and though time consuming, it's not my time it'll consume, and I'll bet this gets the job done, too. Not as elegant as a comprehensive analysis of the evidence, leading to a deep understanding of all the underlying factors, culminating in an informed determination of the cause and dramatically concluding with a laser-sharp master stroke, but it'll do. I'll give that a try. Thanks for this and all the other responses! And the 3 - 0 vote for Postfix. Sounds like replacing sendmail with postxfix should go on my to-do list. Regards, - Bill Thoen _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
