[ale] host name will not stay changed

[Jim Popovitch]

Hi Greg,

I can't say for sure about RedHat.... but look for these files:

   /etc/nodename
   /etc/HOSTNAME
   /etc/hostname
   /etc/domainname
   /etc/dnsdomainname

If all else fails grep in /etc for your old domainname.  'grep blah /etc'

-Jim P.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Greg
> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 4:22 PM
> To: ALE
> Subject: [ale] host name will not stay changed
>
>
> I cannot change the hostname of a PC.  I have read all of the relevant man
> pages.  I am using RH 7.3 w/ all current updates.  When installed I used
> "localhost.localdomain" and I have uses "uname file01" to change it to
> file01 and "domain bruceg" to change it to "bruceg".  A "uname -a" shows
> that my changes took.  When I reboot my changes are lost.  I know this is
> silly, but I cannot get this simple change to take.  I am doing
> all as root,
> of course.
>
> The first line in my /etc/hosts file is 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain
> localhost and is followed by the machines name that I want it to be
> 192.168.3.78 file01.bruceg  file01.
>
> Any pointers/help would be warmly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Greg
>
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