[ale] vmware changing hostname thru scripts

[Damon Chesser]

Don't forget /etc/hosts

Damon Chesser
dchesser at acsi2000.com
damon at damtek.com
-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Derek Atkins
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:27 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] vmware changing hostname thru scripts

Hi,

David Tomaschik <david at systemoverlord.com> writes:

> sudo hostname <new hostname>.
>
> man hostname.
>
> David
>
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha
> <savithari at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Friends:
>>
>> Is there a way thru sudo to change the hostname of a ubuntu session running
>> inside vmware ?
>>
>> I am rolling out vmware files to users and would like for them to be able to
>> run the script and the host name changes.
>>
>> -Narahari

Note that this will only change the hostname for the current run of the
VM.  If you want to change the hostname "permanently" for the VM Image
you'll need to change it in a config file.  On Red Hat/Fedora it's
/etc/sysconfig/network; I have no idea how to do it on Debian/Ubuntu.

-derek


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