how to change hostname

fuelinjection · 07-06-2004, 03:20 AM

Hi All,

When I installed slackware I setup it up as localhost.localdomain.

now, by entering
'hostname sheppardweb.co.uk'
It changes my hostname, but if I reboot, it reverts back to localhost.localdomain

How can I change this permanently?

Thanks

Shaun

chakkerz · 07-06-2004, 03:51 AM

do it as root (you shouldn't be able to do it otherwise anyway)

edit /etc/hostname

<edit> sorry ... my bad, make that /etc/HOSTNAME (slackware)

Quote man hostname:
The host name is usually set once at system startup in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1
or /etc/init.d/boot (normally by reading the contents of a file which
contains the host name, e.g. /etc/hostname).

<edit> and on slackware (since we're at it) it's set in /etc/rc.d/rc.M

fuelinjection · 07-06-2004, 08:53 AM

I don't have /etc/HOSTNAME on my machine.

is there anyway I can maybe just run the command 'hostname sheppardweb.co.uk' at startup

laceupboots · 07-06-2004, 09:25 AM

In /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit about line 25, you can change the default hostname. You have to do this as root.

fuelinjection · 07-06-2004, 09:53 AM

I dont have that file, the closest thing to it is rc.sysvinit, but that doesnt really have anything usefull in it.

trickykid · 07-06-2004, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by laceupboots
In /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit about line 25, you can change the default hostname. You have to do this as root.

That is for Redhat or other Linux distros.

The easiest way to edit all your networking scripts which will also setup your hostname and domain would be to simpy run as root: netconfig

Or you can edit:

/etc/hostname
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1

Cheers.