I believe if you edit /etc/sysconfig/network it will solve your problem during botup setting hostname is read from this file. Well at least it work for me.
Bruce -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Bobby Treaster Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 6:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How to set hostname ? I use the following command hostname newnamehere placeing the name of the new hostname you would like in the place labeled newnamehere this should work for it works for me I f not there might be some other problem that is causeing it to happen 7/6/2002 3:46:57 PM, Bill Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi. I posted this message a while back, but never saw whether it made >it to the list or not. If it was answered, forgive me for missing it. >I really would like to solve my hostname problem. > >Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 08:39:57 -0400 (EDT) >From: Bill Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: How to set hostname ? > >OK... I have a similar situation and wonder if I can get some help. I >just installed RH 7.3 on my machine. I use a cable modem, and DHCP, so >when I boot up, my hostname gets changed to something like DHCPPC1. >This causes a problem with my lpr functionality. Upon boot up, when >the system tries to start lpr, it displays a message that DHCPPC1 is >not a valid hostname. If I try to print then, I obviously cannot due >so because lpr is hosed. I bring up the KDE Printer Config tool, >restart lpr, and then everything is fine because at that point it seems >to see the localhost hostname which is in the /etc/hosts and the >/etc/sysconfig/network files. After bootup, if I type hostname, I get >localhost (sorry, I'm not very original with my naming). > >So, my followup to this thread is, HOW TO I GET THE LOCALHOST HOSTNAME >TO BE AVAILABLE DURING BOOTUP SO LPR STARTS CORRECTLY? > >Thanks in advance for any help. > >Bill Johnson > >On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, loophole wrote: > >> The files that you need to edit are the following: >> >> /etc/hosts >> /etc/sysconfig/network >> >> In /etc/hosts,you can use this line: >> >> 127.0.0.1 vectra.localdomain localhost vectra >> >> The hostname generated by the command 'hostname' is >> not permanent. It is stored in >> '/proc/sys/kernel/hostname' which disappears the next >> time you reboot. >> >> HTH. >> >> lh >> >> >> --- Van Den Abeele Kristof > > > >_______________________________________________ >Redhat-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
