setting up hostname in RH9

wiredX · 07-14-2003, 06:40 AM

Hello

Im trying to setup a hostname of RH 9 and everytime I set it up it gets reseted back to localhost.localdoamain.

I used the "hostname" command to set it up.

ANy help appreciated

thnx.

lfur · 07-14-2003, 07:14 AM

You must also edit /etc/hosts file.

seabass55 · 07-14-2003, 07:27 AM

No

vi /etc/sysconfig/network

Set it in there

Seabass

wiredX · 07-14-2003, 08:06 AM

I edited the /etc/hosts
added my hostname on the same line as the localhost

And it Works!

thnx y'all

Mathieu · 07-14-2003, 01:44 PM

I agree with Seabass, adding it to /etc/hosts will work,
but it is better to add it to /etc/sysconfig/network.
Add a line: HOSTNAME=<my_hostname>

lfur · 07-15-2003, 03:03 AM

Is /etc/sysconfig/network a RH specific file ??

Becouse I use Slackware and the only file that contains my hostname is /ect/HOSTNAME (of course) and /etc/hosts. (Well there is also /etc/resolv.conf - but that is a different story).

Thank you

wiredX · 07-15-2003, 08:34 AM

I actually found out that adding the hostname to /etc/hosts doesn,t set the hostname properly.After restarting the hostname gets resetted back localhost.localdomain.Thats because in /etc/sysconfig ,the line for hostname says localhost.localdomain.

So I added the hostname to /etc/sysconfig/network

and added it to the /etc/hosts

Even after restarting the machine the hostname stays the same...

I wanna thank y'all for helping!

Mathieu · 07-15-2003, 08:58 AM

Yes.

/etc/sysconfig/network is RedHat specific and I believe Mandrake also. I could be mistaken.

Anyways, I took me a while to figure that one out.

seabass55 · 07-15-2003, 09:35 AM

Madrake does it differently I believe.

Oh and...I told you it would work :-P

Mathieu · 07-15-2003, 10:46 AM

I know it does.
I agreed with you in an earlier post, remember ?