[ale] DummyQ: How do I change boot-up HOSTNAME in RH-7.3?

[Charles Shapiro]

Uh. I use RH 7.2 at work here, and the onliest way I've ever been able
to change the hostname on a RH box globally and permanently is to edit
the /etc/sysconfig/network file.  Place the line:

HOSTNAME=myhost.mydomain.myTLD

in it. If you're connecting to the Outside World, the value "NETWORKING"
must also be set to "yes" in the same way.

RH calls hostname(1) with this value through a hideous complex bash
script as it boots, so the hostnname(1) command from a root login won't
permanently change it. The old-fashioned way of editing /etc/HOSTNAME
will not work either.

If you're unlucky enough to be talkin' to a Microsoft name server  and
using dhcp for networking setup, you also need some perl-fu to get the
name server's records updated properly when you boot. I wrote this
meself, but I think it's also on the web somewheres.

-- CHS


On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 09:19, John Mills wrote:
> ALErs -
> 
> 'Subject' says it. How do I set this cleanly and comprehensively? There
> must be a KDE tool for it, too, but I haven't stumbled onto it.
> 
> TIA.
>  - John Mills
> 
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