Hi everyone.

I am having a strange problem, I am trying to set the hostname of my server from the terminal after leaving an xwindows session. I tried during the gnome (using redhat 9 by the way) to set it from a command line using hostname command but it didn't work. I then init 3'ed to a terminal and directly after I set the hostname command it reflects the new setting, but after I reset the server it goes back to the old name. I am obviously logged in as root while doing this, but to no avail.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I suspect setting the hoatname at the command line does not write it to any file. Off hand, I don't know the name of the file.

Not long after installing Linux, I installed Webmin. It comes with most distros. Once installed you access Webmin form any machine (including you own machine) on you network through a web browser. It is password protected, and you can control what each user you create can access.

You can set the hostname for your own machine through Webmin, and update the hosts file. It makes administration a lot easier. You do not have to find the files that contain the information. It is a good way to configure lots of other stuff.

I hope this helps.

you can modify /etc/sysconfig/network file and reboot so that you can change your server name.

I didn't want to have to install webadmin because my ultimate goal is to do everything from a terminal, so thanks to aeolus that directory I have a feeling is going to be mighty helpful.

Me

For your goal,i can recommend you tool which is named SecureCRT
Maybe it can help you.

you should add the follwoing line in /etc/hosts file

192.168.1.12 ns1.xyz.com ns1


192.168.1.12=your host ID addres
you=hostname
xyz=your domain name


Enjoy

Azim

Correction:
you should add the follwoing line in /etc/hosts file

192.168.1.12 ns1.xyz.com ns1


192.168.1.12=your host ID addres
you=hostname
xyz=your domain name


Enjoy




Azim